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Jesus Uses a Story AboutPlanting Seed
(Mk. 4:1-9; Lk. 8:4-8)
13 1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2Many, many
people gathered around Jesus. So Jesus got into a boat and sat down. All the people
stayed on the shore. 3Then Jesus used stories to teach the people many things. Jesus
said: "A farmer went out to plant his seed. 4While the farmer was planting, some
seed fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed. 5Some seed fell on
rocky ground. The ground there did not have enough dirt. The seed grew very fast
there, because the ground was not deep. 6But when the sun rose, it burned the plants.
The plants died because they did not have deep roots. 7Some other seed fell among
thorny weeds. The weeds grew and stopped the good plants from growing. 8Some other
seed fell on good ground. In the good ground, the seed grew and made grain. Some
plants made 100 times more grain. Some plants made 60 times more, and some made
30 times more grain. 9You people that hear me, listen!"
Why Jesus Used Stories to Teach
(Mk. 4:10-12; Lk. 8:9-10)
10The followers came to Jesus and asked, "Why do you use these stories to teach
the people?" 11Jesus answered, "Only you can know the secret truths about the kingdom
of heaven. Those other people cannot know these secret truths. 12The person that
has [some understanding] will be given more. And he will have even more than he
needs. But the person that does not have [much understanding] will lose even the
little [understanding] that he has. 13This is why I use these stories to teach the
people: The people see, but they don't really see. The people hear, but they don't
really understand. 14So these people show that the things Isaiah said about them
are true: 'You people will listen and you will hear, but you will not understand.
You people will look and you will see, but you will not understand what you see.
15Yes, the hearts (minds) of these people (the Jews) are now hard. These people
have ears, but they don't listen, and they refuse to see [the truth]. This has
happened so that they will not see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand
with their minds. This has happened so that they will not turn to me to heal them.'
(Isaiah 6:9-10)
16But you are blessed. You understand the things you see with your eyes. And you
understand the things you hear with your ears. 17I tell you the truth. Many prophets*
and good people wanted to see the things that you now see. But they did not see
these things. And many prophets and good people wanted to hear the things that you
now hear. But they did not hear these things.
Jesus Explains the Seeds
(Mk. 4:13-20; Lk. 8:11-15)
18"So listen to the meaning of that story about the farmer. 19What is the seed that
fell by the path? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching about the
kingdom but does not understand it. The Evil One (the devil) comes and takes away
the things that were planted in that person's heart. 20And what is the seed that
fell on rocky ground? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching and
quickly and gladly accepts that teaching. 21But that person does not let the teaching
go deep into his life. He keeps that teaching only a short time. When trouble or
persecution* comes because of the teaching he accepted, then he quickly quits.
22And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person
that hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and love for money stop
that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not make fruit* [in that person's
life]. 23But what is the seed that fell on the good ground? That seed is like the
person that hears the teaching and understands it. That person grows and makes fruit,
sometimes 100 times more, sometimes 60 times more, and sometimes 30 times more."
Footnotes: prophets People that spoke for God. Some of them wrote books that are
part of the Old Testament. persecution Being hurt or bothered by God's enemies.
fruit The good things God wants his people to do.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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