Commentary
A Path, Rocky Ground,
Thorny Ground, or Rich Soil
This
parable has three elements: the sower, the seed, and the ground.
The sower
is the focus of the parable. In fact,
Jesus entitles it “the parable of the sower.” [1] The outstanding and ever peculiar quality of the sower is
that he sows generously and indiscriminately of the kinds of ground. This is not typical behavior of farmers. What does Jesus tell us here about the way
God sows the seed of God’s word?
The seed is
small, and may appear insignificant [2]. Yet, the genetic
code for a plant or a large shrub is all there in that small seed. The seed of God’s word has all the potential “to
bear fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
Then
there is the ground. That’s me!
God sows
the seed of God’s word generously. The
seed has all that is needed to bear fruit.
What kind
of soil my ground is for the seed is up to me.
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