Matthew 13:19

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

¹⁸ "To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower. ¹⁹ When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side. ²⁰ He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

Evil One

Good News

Devil

Matthew 4:23

Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.

1 John 2:13-14

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

1 John 3:12

We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that no one who is a child of God lives in sin, but He who is God's Child keeps him, and the Evil one cannot touch him.

Matthew 5:37

But let your language be, 'Yes, yes,' or 'No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one.

Mark 4:15

Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

Luke 8:11-15

The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.

Luke 9:2

and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.

Luke 10:9

Cure the sick in that town, and tell them, "'The Kingdom of God is now at your door.'

John 3:19-20

And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.

John 8:43

How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.

John 18:38

"What is truth?" said Pilate. But no sooner had he spoken the words than he went out again to the Jews and told them, "I find no crime in him.

Acts 17:32

When they heard Paul speak of a resurrection of dead men, some began to scoff. But others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

Acts 18:15

But since these are questions about words and names and your Law, you yourselves must see to them. I refuse to be a judge in such matters."

Acts 20:25

"And now, I know that none of you among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom will any longer see my face.

Acts 24:25-26

But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."

Acts 25:19-20

But they quarrelled with him about certain matters connected with their own religion, and about one Jesus who had died, but--so Paul persistently maintained--is now alive.

Acts 26:31-32

and, having withdrawn, they talked to one another and said, "This man is doing nothing for which he deserves death or imprisonment."

Acts 28:23

So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable numbers at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. And then, with solemn earnestness, he explained to them the subject of the Kingdom of God, endeavouring from morning till evening to convince them about Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

Romans 1:28

And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done.

Romans 2:8

while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall anger and fury, affliction and awful distress,

Romans 14:17

For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit;

2 Corinthians 4:2-3

Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience.

Ephesians 3:8

To me who am less than the least of all God's people has this work been graciously entrusted--to proclaim to the Gentiles the Good News of the exhaustless wealth of Christ,

2 Thessalonians 2:12

in order that all may come under judgement who have refused to believe the truth and have taken pleasure in unrighteousness.

Hebrews 2:1

For this reason we ought to pay the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, for fear we should drift away from them.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One--that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages.