Mar 4:13-20, Luk 8:11-15 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Explains the Parable about the Sower Then he said to them, “You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?

Mark 4:13-20

13 Jesus Explains the Parable about the Sower Matthew 13:18-23; Luke 8:11-15Then he said to them, “You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables? 14 The sower sows the word.Matt 13:19 15 Some people are like the seeds ^{▼▼Lit. These are the ones} along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others are like the seeds ^{▼▼Lit. These are the ones} sown on the stony ground. When they hear the word, they accept it at once with joy, 17 but since they don't have any roots in themselves, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away. 18 Still others are like the seeds ^{▼▼Lit. are those} sown among the thornbushes. These are the people who hear the word, 19 but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.1Tim 6:9, 17 20 Others are like the seeds ^{▼▼Lit. are those} sown on good soil. They hear the word, accept it, and produce crops—thirty, sixty, or one hundred times what was sown.” ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks what was sown}

Luke 8:11-15

11 “Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.Matt 13:18; Mark 4:14 12 The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 The ones on the stony ground are the people who welcome the word with joy when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away. 14 The ones that fell among the thornbushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature. 15 But the ones on the good soil are the people who also hear the word but hold on to it with good and honest hearts and produce a crop through endurance.”

A Light under a Bowl Mark 4:21-25