The Sower

The parable of the sower was set aside by Jesus Christ as being a very special one. In [Mk 4: 13] Christ states that if you don't understand this parable, you won't understand any of them.

Mark 4:13 (Christ speaking)
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? (KJV)

Christ also does something unusual with this parable; He explains it for all of us to understand. This documents that it is so very important to understand this one above and before all others. Let's understand it.

Simply put, it is the story of four different types of people (souls). And how they react when they are exposed to the True Word of God, whether it be the Bible or someone telling them of the Lord (witnessing). These four different souls are indicative of all the souls on the earth who are exposed to the Word of God.

In this parable Christ uses an analogy of a farmer (sower) as he plants his field in the beginning of the growing season, and then it tells what becomes of the four different types of seeds that were planted (sowed).

We are to directly correlate the fate of each of these four types of seeds mentioned, to four different types of people (souls). In this, we can learn how to be the right kind of seed (soul) and also it teaches us why sometimes the seeds that we plant with people about God (witnessing) do not seem to take root.

With that being stated, let's examine the parable of the sower as stated and taught by Jesus Christ Himself as He walked the earth in [Mark 4:1-23]. You will also find this parable in the book of Matthew [Mt 1-23] for a second witness. You always want at least two witnesses to anything in God's Word, so that you can be sure that you are getting the correct interpretation of the verse. The Bible most always has at least three separate witnesses, if you know how to dig them out.