Parables

The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:1–20

A parable about hearing, told from a boat on the Sea of Galilee and then interpreted.

How the passage moves

1
Four soils
Path, rock, thorns and good ground.
Mark 4:3-8
2
Why parables
A quotation from Isaiah 6 is used to explain the form.
Mark 4:10-12
3
The interpretation
The seed is 'the word'; each soil is a way of receiving it.
Mark 4:13-20

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