A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED ...

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Pattern

1. A large crowd gathers
2. Jesus teaches in parables
3. Tells the parable of sower and seed
4. He who has ears to hear ...
5. Disciples ask about parable
6. Isaiah is quoted
7. Seed and soils explained

Mark 4	Matthew 13	Luke 8
The farmer sows the word Some people are like seed sown along, among, on ... They hear the word and ...	When anyone hears the message of the kingdom Receives the seed ...	The seed is the word of God Hear the word and ... Noble and good heart, hear word, retain it and persevere

Analogy

Parable Image	Meaning 1	Meaning 2
Farmer	Jesus	Prophet/Preacher
Seed	Word	Word
Path/Birds	Satan steals word	Satan steals word
Rocky Soil	No root	No root
Thorny Soil	Worry/Deceit	Worry/Deceit
Good Soil	Produce crop	Noble and good heart
Crop	??	??

PARABLE

Is the seed bearing fruit?

• See John 12:37-50
• Especially verse 47
• Hearing and doing the word
• See and truly see it!
• Hear and truly understand!

Chris Benjamin

West-Ark Church of Christ, Fort Smith, AR
Evening Sermon, 13 June 2010

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