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The first parable Mark relates is the parable of the sower, with Jesus perhaps speaking of himself as a sower or farmer, [4] and the seed as his word. Johann Bengel refers to Christ as the sower, along with others who proclaim the gospel, [5] but the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown commentary notes that the question, "who is the sower?"
The Parable of the Sower (sometimes called the Parable of the Soils) is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20, Luke 8:4–15 and the extra-canonical Gospel of Thomas. [ 1 ] Jesus tells of a farmer who sows seed indiscriminately.
This narrative is told in Matthew 13:1-3, [1] Mark 4:1, and Luke 5:1-3. [2] Owing to the vast crowds that followed him from the surrounding towns and villages to listen to his doctrine, Jesus retired to the sea coast. There he entered a boat, that he used as a pulpit, and addressed the crowd on the shore.
Matthew 20:1–16: The Two Sons: Matthew 21:28–32: The Wicked Husbandmen: Matthew 21:33–45: Mark 12:1–12: Luke 20:9–19 The Marriage of the King's Son: Matthew 12:1–14: The Ten Virgins: Matthew 25:1–13: The Talents: Matthew 25:14–30: The Pounds or the Minae: Luke 19:11–27 The Two Debtors: Luke 7:41–43 The Good Samaritan: Luke ...
The key idea of the parable is that "Light is to be revealed, not concealed." [1] The light here has been interpreted as referring to Jesus, [2] [3] or to His message, [3] or to the believer's response to that message. [4] Jesus quotes a pessimistic proverb on how the rich get richer and the poor keep losing even the little they have.
This parable can be seen as related to the parable of the Sower, [1] although it does not follow that parable immediately. Seventh-day Adventist writer George Knight suggests that it serves as a "correction provided for any ancient or modern disciples who might be feeling discouraged with the amount of fruitless labor they had extended toward those" who failed to hear the message of which the ...
[2] Parable of the Sower was the winner of multiple awards, including the 1994 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and has been adapted into an opera and a graphic novel. Parable of the Sower has influenced music and essays on social justice as well as climate change.
The Parable of the Weeds or Tares (KJV: tares, WNT: darnel, DRB: cockle) is a parable of Jesus which appears in Matthew 13:24–43. The parable relates how servants eager to pull up weeds were warned that in so doing they would root out the wheat as well and were told to let both grow together until the harvest.