When a great crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one city after another, he spoke to them in a parable: “A farmer went out to scatter his seed. As he was scattering it, some fell on the path where it was crushed, and the birds in the sky came and ate it. Other seed fell on rock. As it grew, it dried up because it had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorns grew with the plants and choked them. Still other seed landed on good soil. When it grew, it produced one hundred times more grain than was scattered.” As he said this, he called out, “Everyone who has ears should pay attention.” His disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, “You have been given the mysteries of God’s kingdom, but these mysteries come to everyone else in parables so that when they see, they can’t see, and when they hear, they can’t understand. (Luke 8:4-10, CEB)
“You have been given the mysteries of God’s kingdom, but these mysteries come to everyone else in parables so that when they see, they can’t see, and when they hear, they can’t understand.” This is partly why taking a snippet out of the bible does not give you the whole picture.
Jesus told the parable of the sower. And the disciples asked, ‘What does this mean?’ and Jesus said what I quoted above. Jesus told the disciples they have been given the mysteries, and they see what others can’t and hear what others can’t. But then it ends, so how does that answer the question what does this mean? It doesn’t, but if you continue reading from there in the gospel of Luke, you get the explanation of the parable. So, without the continued story, we really do not get the answer.
Some get it, some don’t, like seeds falling on the ground, it has as much to do with the seed as it does the ground it falls on. We are called to cast seed. And let God do the rest.
So cast seed.
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