KNOW YE NOT THIS PARABLE?
(Mark
4:13,14)
And he said unto them, Know ye
not this parable? and how then will
ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word [Gk:
logos].
(Luke
8:11)
Now the parable is this: The
seed
is the word [Gk: logos] of God.
THE PARABLE: (“divers kinds of
tongues” 1 Cor 12:10)
(Mat
13:1-9)
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the
sea side. And great multitudes were
gathered together
unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude
stood
on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in
parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to
sow; And
when he sowed, some seeds
fell by the way side, and the fowls
came and
devoured them up: Some fell upon stony
places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they
sprung up,
because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they
were
scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some
fell among thorns; and the thorns
sprung up,
and choked them: But other fell into good
ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some
sixtyfold, some
thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
THE PURPOSE OF PARABLES
(Mat 13:10-17) And
the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto
them [the multitudes] in parables? He answered and said unto
them, Because it is given unto you [His
disciples] to know the mysteries
of the kingdom of heaven, but to them
[to those who are not His disciples]
it is not given. For
whosoever hath [understanding],
to him shall be given [more
understanding], and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not
[understanding], from him shall be taken away even that [understanding - (stoney places)] he
hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see
not; and
hearing they hear not, neither do
they understand [the
hidden message].
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah [Isa
6:9,10], which saith, By
hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall
see, and
shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed
gross [Gk: thickened, fattened,
stupefied, rendered callous], and their
ears are dull of hearing,
and
their eyes they have closed;
lest at any time they should see with their
eyes, and hear with their
ears,
and should understand with their
heart, and should be converted [be born-again],
and I should heal [Gk:
cure: make whole] them. But blessed are
your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For
verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have
not
seen them; and to hear those
things which ye hear, and
have not heard them.
THE PARABLE: (“the interpretation
of tongues” 1 Cor
12:10)
(Mat 13:18,19) Hear
[Gk: understand] ye
therefore the parable of
the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it
not, then cometh the
wicked one, and catcheth away
that [seed] which was sown in his heart. This is he which received
seed by the way side.
(Mat 13:20,21) But he that received the
seed into stony places, the same is
he that
heareth the word, and anon with joy
receiveth it; Yet hath he not root
[i.e., Jesus Christ: Isa 11:10; Rom
15:12; Rev 5:5; Rev 22:16] in himself, but dureth for a
while: for when
tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by
and by he is offended
[Gk: entrapped, tripped up, stumbles, is
enticed to sin].
(Mat 13:22) He also that received seed
among the thorns is he that heareth
the
word; and the care [Gk:
distractions] of this world, and the
deceitfulness
[Gk: delusion /// to cheat] of riches, choke the word, and
he
becometh unfruitful.
(Mat 13:23) But he that received seed
into the good ground is he that
heareth the
word, and understandeth it;
which also beareth
fruit, and bringeth
forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Amen