Luk 8:8 | KingComments | STEP | Through His wanderings, the Lord has gained much renown. A large crowd gathers with Him from all the cities in the vicinity. That is the opportunity for Him to tell the parable of the sower. In this parable He is the Sower. In the picture of the sower He shows that He is no longer looking for fruit among His people, but as the Sower He sows the seed of the Word of God in the hearts to produce fruit. The picture of the sower is an everyday picture for the crowd. They are familiar with the work of a sower. They also know that not all seed actually produce fruit. Thus there is seed that falls beside the road. That seed is trampled under foot and eaten up by the birds of the air. There is also seed that falls on rocky soil. It does grow there, but that is only for a moment. It withers away quickly because rocky soil cannot absorb moisture. Yet other seed ends up between the thorns. The seed does grow up, but the thorns grow up with it and are the cause of the seed choked out. There is also seed that falls into good soil. When it grows up, it produces abundant fruit. When the Lord has spoken the parable, He calls out to the crowd to find out the meaning of the parable and to take it to heart.

‏ Luke 8:8

The Parable of the Sower

Through His wanderings, the Lord has gained much renown. A large crowd gathers with Him from all the cities in the vicinity. That is the opportunity for Him to tell the parable of the sower. In this parable He is the Sower. In the picture of the sower He shows that He is no longer looking for fruit among His people, but as the Sower He sows the seed of the Word of God in the hearts to produce fruit.

The picture of the sower is an everyday picture for the crowd. They are familiar with the work of a sower. They also know that not all seed actually produce fruit. Thus there is seed that falls beside the road. That seed is trampled under foot and eaten up by the birds of the air. There is also seed that falls on rocky soil. It does grow there, but that is only for a moment. It withers away quickly because rocky soil cannot absorb moisture. Yet other seed ends up between the thorns. The seed does grow up, but the thorns grow up with it and are the cause of the seed choked out. There is also seed that falls into good soil. When it grows up, it produces abundant fruit.

When the Lord has spoken the parable, He calls out to the crowd to find out the meaning of the parable and to take it to heart.