WHY IT MATTERS //

The parable of the sower is a parable about what happens to the seed i.e the word of God when it lands on different kinds of soil, i.e. a picture of a person’s heart condition.  Jesus speaks about four different soils: 1. along the path, 2. shallow rocky places, 3. among thorns, 4. good soil. Each of these represent a heart condition, and the seed is successful to grow and multiply only in the good soil. What heart conditions do the four soils represent and how can we prepare our hearts to be a good soil that produces a multitude of that which was sowed?

WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT // 

The Gospel of Matthew doesn’t name an author, but early scholars unanimously agree that Matthew, one of the 12 Apostles, was the author. It was most likely was written around 50-60 A.D, for a Jewish and Greek-speaking audience since it was written in Greek. Matthew’s main focus throughout the book is to show that Jesus is the messiah (Christ in Jewish). Jesus shared the parable of the sower during his ministry in Galilee, after he had commissioned the 12 Apostles. 

Matthew 13:1-9 NIV

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 

2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 

3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 

4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 

5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 

6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 

8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 

9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”