Matthew 13:1-23 NIV

 

This is one of the key parables as it provide an insight , more than any other of the parables as to the nature of Parables and how they should be interpreted. After Jesus tells the parable, he himself explains it to those around him… as you read we read this parable a number of items came to light. Namely, who is doing the sowing and who is the receiving ground/soil.

Are we are Christians one or the other, or indeed both? How can we avoid being chocked by the weeds and thorns Jesus mentions in v23? And what are the practical ways that we can become the good soil?