Parable of the Sower study guide
| Who is the sower? זורע
What is the seed? זרע |
Mr 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Mt 13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Lu 8:5a A sower went out to sow his seed: |
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| What is the act of sowing?
What is the wayside, or path? What are the birds? |
Mr 4:4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
Mt 13:4 And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Lu 8:5band as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. |
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| What are the stony places?
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Mr 4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Mt 13:5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: Lu 8:6a And some fell upon a rock; |
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| What is the sun. scortching, and root? | Mr 4:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Mt 13:6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. Lu 8:6b and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. |
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| What are the thorns?
What is choking? |
Mr 4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Mt 13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: Lu 8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. |
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| What is the good ground?
What is fruit, 100, 60, 30 |
Mr 4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Mt 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Lu 8:8a And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. |
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| Mr 4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mt 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Lu 8:8bAnd when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. |