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For Best Results (Parable of the Sower)

• Jesus told the parable of the sower, which speaks of the power and life contained in the seed—representing the Word of God—and also describes the different kinds of soil in which the seed is sown—symbolizing the preparedness of the human heart to receive the seed.
• The parable uses imagery to explain why the seed, or the Word, can’t thrive when it stays on the surface, is not embraced by the heart, and ends up being stolen by Satan (the seed that falls along the path and is eaten by the birds); or when there is a blockage preventing the roots from going down deep enough to withstand the persecution and hard times that come because of the Word (the seed that falls on rocky places); or when it is choked by the cares of life and the heart’s desire for riches (the seed that falls among thorns).