Jesus began to teach by the lake.
The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.
He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.
Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” (Mark 4:1-9 NIV)
For Jesus' explanation of this parable, click here.
Photos: GennaG, TheFlyingPie, DeanForbes, Mike_tn, bthomso, RobnRae,wanderingnome,DRB62& kayakaya, (Flickr)Related: This post is linked at Michelle's blog, Lost in the Prairies... Found by God. Join us for her Caffeinated Randomness weekly blog hop on Fridays.
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11 Comments:
How weird...I wonder if many of us are reading through the Bible in a year...cuz I just read this yesterday...another blogger just mentioned it...and then my Pastor's wife just talked about it...Ya know what they say, "If God repeats himself, pay attention!" LOVE the pictures you found for the soils!!
I linked to your October post about praying for your pastor's wife...over at my MomE & Loving It blog...http://momeandlovingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/playdates-prayer-your-pastors-wife.html
HUGS!!
This was my five year olds story the other day...may I always have the soil that allows the Word of God to penetrate deep and produce a bountiful harvest
Your visuals are great!
Thank you for linking up today. There really is no rules except - Keep it clean. Here's the link about Caffeinated Randomness.
http://nictomsmom.blogspot.com/2011/01/caffeinated-randomness-why-we-do-it.html
I loved the visuals to the story. It was such a refreshing way to view this scripture.
I love the photos that accompany the verses. I just read this passage, too, yesterday. Praying for fertile soil in my friends who don't know Jesus!
I so often think of this parable - what am I doing to grow deeper roots? I don't want to wash away because I am not rooted in my faith but it must be fed.
Beautiful photos - love what you did with them!
Natalie at Mommy on Fire
http://www.mommyonfire.com
Oh I like, I like a lot - fabulous photos.
Sweet sisters: Bobbi, Janette, Michelle, Jen, Natalie & Shelley: Thanks for stopping by today. Keep cultivating the soil of your heart toward Him! ღ
This was breathtakingly beautiful, thank you so much.
Linking up from Michelle's blog :)
Have a great weekend,
Erin
this was beautiful with all those pictures....and so timely...we were touching on this a bit in my small group!!
Grace & Faith: LOL, two perfect names, side-by-side. Thanks for visiting my friends!
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