February 23 Readings

Today's Reading From Mark 4:1-20 The New Testament in One Year Reading Plan


Mark 4.1-20 with Commentaries, verse by verse
the parable is also found in Mat 13.1-15; luke 8.6-10; Mark 4.1-12
and the interpretaion found in Mark 4.13-20; Mat 13.18-23; Luke 8.11-15
In Mark 4, Jesus gave the parable of the sower. The message behind the parable is the fruitfulness of the seed planted in the soil in which the seed was planted. There are three elements here. First is the sower, then the seed and finally the soils. The things that remain constant here are the sower and the seed. There is the soil that had birds came and ate it up, then rocky ground, some fell among thorns and then the rest fell on good soils.
In v. 9 He said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" what he meant was that the Spirit enables those he chooses to hear ands understand the message. He had spoken to them in parables. Parables are earthly stories with heavenly meaning but if you have spiritual understanding by the Holy Spirit you will understand the meaning.

Some Links to the Parable of the SowerJeff Miller on Mark 4.1-20
Piper on Mark 4.1-20
Stedman - The Dimming of the Light - Mark 4
Stedman - Seed Thoughts, Mark 4:3-9, 4:13-20, 4:26-32
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader


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