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Jesus tells a parable of a sower who sows seed, which falls on four types of soil, each resulting in a different harvest result.
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Matthew 13:3-9
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And He spoke many things to them in a parables, saying,
“Behold, the sower went out to sow;
and as he sowed,
some seeds fell
beside the road ,
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and the birds came and ate them up.
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Others fell
on the rocky places ,
where they did not have much soil;
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and immediately they sprang up,
because they had no depth of soil.
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But when the sun had risen,
they were scorched;
and because they had no root,
they withered away.
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Others fell
1 among the thorns,
and the thorns came up and choked them out.
And others fell
on the good soil
and * yielded a crop,
some a a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
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a He who has ears, 1 let him hear.”
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Matthew 13:3-9
A. Introduction
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying,
“Behold, the sower went out to sow;
and as he sowed,
B1. The Road
some seeds fell beside the road,
and the birds came and ate them up.
B2. The Rocky Places
Others fell on the rocky places,
where they did not have much soil;
and immediately they sprang up,
because they had no depth of soil.
But when the sun had risen,
they were scorched;
and because they had no root,
they withered away.
B3. The Thorns
Others fell among the thorns,
and the thorns came up and choked them out.
B4. The Good Soil
And others fell on the good soil
and yielded a crop,
some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
A'. Conclusion
He who has ears, let him hear.”
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