Matthew 13:19

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

¹⁸ Listen, then, yourselves to the parable of the Sower. 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. ²⁰ By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;

Evil One

Good News

Devil

Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went all through Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people;

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world. By the good seed is meant the People of the Kingdom. The tares are the wicked,

1 John 2:13-14

I am writing, Fathers, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the Beginning. I am writing, Young Men, to you, because you have conquered the Evil One. I write, Children, to you, because you have learned to know the Father.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother's was good.

1 John 5:18

We know that no one who has received the new Life from God lives in sin. No, he who has received the new Life from God keeps the thought of God in his heart, and then the Evil One does not touch him.

Matthew 5:37

Let your words be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from what is wrong.

Mark 4:15

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.

Luke 8:11-15

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

Luke 9:2

He sent them out as his Messengers, to proclaim the Kingdom of God, and to work cures.

Luke 10:9

Cure the sick there, and tell people 'The Kingdom of God is close at hand.

John 3:19-20

The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.

John 8:43

How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my Message.

John 18:38

"What is Truth?" exclaimed Pilate. After saying this, he went out to the Jews again, and said: "For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged.

Acts 17:32

On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they would hear what he had to say about that another time.

Acts 18:15

But, since it is a dispute about words, and names, and your own Law, you must see to it yourselves. I do not choose to be a judge in such matters."

Acts 20:25

And now, I tell you, I know that none of you will ever see my face again--you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the Kingdom.

Acts 24:25-26

But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him--"Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again."

Acts 25:19-20

But I found that there were certain questions in dispute between them about their own religion, and about some dead man called Jesus, whom Paul declared to be alive.

Acts 26:31-32

And, after retiring, discussed the case among themselves. "There is nothing," they said, "deserving death or imprisonment in this man's conduct";

Acts 28:23

They then fixed a day with him, and came to the place where he was staying, in even larger numbers, when Paul proceeded to lay the subject before them. He bore his testimony to the Kingdom of God, and tried to convince them about Jesus, by arguments drawn from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets--speaking from morning till evening.

Romans 1:28

Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.

Romans 2:8

While as to those who are factious, and disobedient to Truth but obedient to Evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair,

Romans 14:17

For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:2-3

No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God's Message, and commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.

Ephesians 3:8

Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ's People, was this charge entrusted!--to tell the Gentiles the Good News of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,

2 Thessalonians 2:12

So that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the Truth, but delight in wickedness.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, for fear we should drift away.

1 John 5:20

We realize, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the True God; and we are in union with the True God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the True God and he is Immortal Life.