MATTHEW 13:18-23
The Parable of the 21 Yet hath he not root in b. Problem: He has little
Sower Explained, himself, but dureth for a root & is unprepared
13:18-23 while: for when tribulation or to face the trials &
(Mk.4:13-20) persecution ariseth because persecution of life
of the word, by and by he is c. The result: He falls
1 Describes the Kingdom of 18 Hear ye therefore the offended. away
Heaven parable of the sower. 22 He also that received 4 The seed among thorns
2 The seed by the wayside 19 When any one heareth seed among the thorns is he a. Identity: A person
a. Identity: A person who the word of the kingdom, and that heareth the word; and the who is religious &
is hard & close-minded understandeth it not, then care of this world, and the worldly minded
b. Problem: His heart is cometh the wicked one, and deceitfulness of riches, choke b. Problem: Worldliness
not soft; the seed is catcheth away that which was the word, and he becometh c. Result: Word is choked
unable to penetrate sown in his heart. This is he unfruitful. & he bears no fruit
c. Result: Satan snatches which received seed by the 23 But he that received seed 5 The seed on good ground
the seed away way side. into the good ground is he a. Identity: Those who
3 The seed on stony ground 20 But he that received the that heareth the word, and hear & understand the
a. Identity: A person who seed into stony places, the understandeth it; which also Word
experiences a quick, same is he that heareth the beareth fruit, and bringeth b. Result: They bear
dramatic conversion word, and anon with joy re- forth, some an hundredfold, fruit, but they bear
ceiveth it; some sixty, some thirty. different percentages
SALVATION: MAKING THE GOOD NEWS KNOWN
The Parable of the Sower Explained, 13:18-23
(13:18-23) Introduction: this passage is the interpretation of the Sower and the Seed (see outline and note—Mt.13:1-9 for
discussion).
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