¹³ You do not know the meaning of this parable!" he went on; "Then how will you understand all the other parables? ¹⁴ The sower sows the Message. ¹⁵ The People meant by the seed that falls along the path are these--where the Message is sown, but, as soon as they have heard it, Satan immediately comes and carries away the Message that has been sown in them.

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Matthew 13:37

And he answered: "The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man.

Mark 2:2

And so many people collected together, that after a while there was no room for them even round the door; and he began to tell them his Message.

Matthew 13:19

When any one hears the Message of the Kingdom without understanding it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what has been sown in his mind. This is the man meant by the seed which was sown along the path.

Mark 4:3

"Listen! The sower went out to sow;

Luke 1:2

Just as they were reported to us by those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and afterwards became bearers of the Message.

Luke 8:11

This is the parable--The seed is God's Message.

Acts 8:4

Now those who were scattered in different directions went from place to place proclaiming the Good News.

Colossians 1:5-6

On account of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in Heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true Message of the Good News which reached you--

1 Peter 1:23-25

since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.