The Parable of the Sower: Summary and Meaning

The Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) is the first parable that Jesus preached to the crowds in the Gospels. This parable could be interpreted as a cautionary story to the people of Jesus's day, but it has great significance for us today.
A Summary of the Parable of the Sower
The Parable of the Sower might also be referred to as the Parable of the Soils because Jesus describes four types of soil that a sower planted seeds: a path, rocky ground, thorns, and good soil. After telling them the parable, Jesus explains directly what each type of soil represents.
The Path
Someone who hears the word of God and does not understand it, so the devil comes to take away even what they heard.
The Rocky Ground
Someone who hears the word of God and receives it with joy, but lets trials or persecutions lead them away from God.
The Thorns
Someone who hears the word of God, but the temptations of the world and wealth leads them to do nothing good for God.
The Good Soil
Someone who hears the word of God and understand it and bears fruit 100x, 60x, or 30x more than others.
What is the good fruit? The good fruit is the good we bring into the world through our love of God and our neighbors.
The Meaning of the Parable of the Sower
It's hard not to listen to this parable and start to apply these four soils to people we know or to our lives today.
Ask yourself:
Are there times in my life that I heard the word of God but experienced one of three kinds of bad soils?
Am I living in good soil now, hearing the word of God and bearing fruit? Am I bearing 100x more good fruit than others? 60x more? 30x more? Less?
Am I being the good soil for others? In other words, am I helping others hear and understand the word of God so that they can bear good fruit?
Or am I cultivating a community and church that is more like the path, rocky ground, or thorns?
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[@yeseniamonroy5111]

Thank you 🙏 for explaining our faith. May God bless you and your family.

[@tlewis84able]

I loved this. Thanks!

[@S3RAVA3LM]

This was great good sir.

[@ILLRICARDO]

I have adhd and am a failure in life, every relationship ive been in has failed, so how am i supposed to be rooted in the word of god when i can barely read or understand what i read, let alone remember what ive read?

[@Eztefen]

start with a verse :)

[@lucerorodriguez6842]

You matter. The love of God and the universe is already in your heart. ❤️ be kind and give love like Jesus

[@bighand1530]

Thanks

[@Eztefen]

3:47

[@edgarmorales4476]

Christians hear the message regarding the Kingdom but do not understand it, for the selfhood/personality snatched away what was sown in their heart. Christians hear the message and immediately receive it with joy; yet Christians have no root in themselves, but endure for a while, but when tribulations or persecutions come on account of the message, immediately Christians fall away. Christians hear the message but their stubborn adherence to cherished beliefs choke the message and it bears no fruit. Therefore, only those who hear and receive the message and understands it; indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another, sixty, and another thirty fold.

[@pocketvelero]

Would you consider doing a video on the Sermon on the Mount?

[@felixlee9645]

or the parable of the 2 sons?

[@Truthaccordingtoscripture]

The parable teaches that only the seed sown on the good soil is a genuine believer; The branch who abides in Christ and thus bears the fruit of Christ (John 15). Seed is sown for no other purpose but to bear fruit. If it does not, then it has utterly failed to fulfill its God intended purpose. The good soil depicts “Doers of the word and not hearers only” (James 1:22). As Jesus says in Luke 8:21, “My brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” The first three soils are those who hear the word but they never truly believe in the depths of their heart and therefore the transforming power of the word never comes to fruition. Faith that does not bear fruit, or works, is not merely weak but dead (James 2:17).

[@samirpernell2136]

The only unsaved seed was the first. The other 2 were weak Christians, and the last was an example of a paitent Christian. Faith without works is dead doesn't mean you cannot be saved if you have no works. If that were the case the thief on the cross would be in hell for only beleiving on Jesus

[@Truthaccordingtoscripture]

@@samirpernell2136 Jesus taught that the branch in the vine that bears no fruit-the fig tree that bears no fruit-the tares that bear no fruit-the seed that falls on the first three of the soils that bear no fruit will instead bear the eternal wrath of God's judgment. “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:43-44). “Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire” (Matthew 3:10). Jesus said to the fruitless Jews in Matthew 21:43, “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.” “Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God” (Romans 7:4). It is impossible to abide in the vine of Christ (John 15) and not bear the fruit of the Spirit and every believer abides in Christ (John 6:54, 56). “Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good [bear good fruit] to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil [bear bad fruit] to the resurrection of judgment” - John 5:28-29. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived - 1 Corinthians 6:9

[@Truthaccordingtoscripture]

@@samirpernell2136 Jesus taught that the branch in the vine that bears no fruit-the fig tree that bears no fruit-the tares that bear no fruit-the seed that falls on the first three of the soils that bear no fruit will instead bear the eternal wrath of God's judgment. “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:43-44). “Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire” (Matthew 3:10). Jesus said to the fruitless Jews in Matthew 21:43, “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.” “Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God” (Romans 7:4). It is impossible to abide in the vine of Christ (John 15) and not bear the fruit of the Spirit and every believer abides in Christ (John 6:54, 56). “Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good [bear good fruit] to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil [bear bad fruit] to the resurrection of judgment” - John 5:28-29. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived - 1 Corinthians 6:9

[@samirpernell2136]

@@Truthaccordingtoscripture You took 1 Corinthians 6 out of context. John 5:28-29 is talking about those who believed on christ and those who didnt.. If you needed to bear fruit to be saved then the theif on the cross is in hell since he bore no fruit/works. All he did was believe on Jesus for his salvation. Unless you want to argue that God makes exceptions for people, which scripture says He is against.

[@Truthaccordingtoscripture]

@@samirpernell2136 The context of 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 is all about behavior, “Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you [past tense]. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” This does not mean we are justified by our behavior but rather because, by grace through faith, we are washed, sanctified, and justified, and having the indwelling Spirit we can no longer behave that way. It is not by our works but Christ’s work in us as “The branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me” (Jn. 15:4). We are justified the moment we are grafted into the Vine as a branch, however, if the branch bears no fruit the graft was unsuccessful as it is impossible for a branch to abide in a Vine without it bearing fruit; “No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.” Therefore, fruitless branches v. 6, [who “profess to know God, but they deny him by their works” Titus 1:16.], “are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned” as they are dead and worthless to the Vinedresser. Yes John 5:28-29 is about believers and unbelievers. Believers do good [practice righteousness by faith working through love] and unbelievers do bad [practice sin by unbelief without love] (1 Jn. 3:9, 10). The same with the Parable of the Net; “The kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea [gospel preached] and gathered fish of every kind [professing believers] …The angels will come out and separate the evil [fruitless false professors] from the righteous [genuine fruit-bearing believers] and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matt. 13:47-50). Saving faith is living, loving, active and fruitful. In contrast, works without faith are dead works (legalism, Heb. 6:1) and faith without works is dead faith (license, James 2:26). The thief on the cross did bear fruit through the words that he spoke which revealed a regenerated heart (Luke 6:45). He was washed, sanctified, and justified, “created in Christ Jesus for good works” (Eph. 2:10) but sadly, never had the opportunity or privilege to “walk in them.”

[@3BadBostons]

Sir, you have no idea what this parable means. Have you ever farmed? Soil needs work.

[@ILLRICARDO]

This is all to complicated, i have adhd.