2 He taught them many things by parables, and in
his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the
birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did
not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was
shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and
they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among
thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not
bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew
and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a
hundred times.”
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let
them hear.”
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others
around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The
secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on
the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never
perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be
forgiven!’[a]”
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand
this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The
farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path,
where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and
takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed
sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with
joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time.
When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly
fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the
word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth
and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making
it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the
word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a
hundred times what was sown.”
About the Podcast
The East Denver Vineyard is a Vineyard neighborhood church on the East side of Denver, Colorado with the vision of transforming lives, transforming everything. We exist as a part of the Mile High Vineyard family of neighborhood churches.