What Jesus Said

Jesus gave this illustration found in the book of Matthew chapter 13.

On that day Jesus, having left the house, was sitting by the sea; and great crowds gathered to him, so that he went aboard a boat and sat down, and all the crowd was standing on the beach. Then he told them many things by illustrations, saying:

“Look! A sower went out to sow; and as he was sowing, some [seeds] fell alongside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell upon the rocky places where they did not have much soil, and at once they sprang up because of not having depth of soil. But when the sun rose they were scorched, and because of not having root they withered.

Others, too, fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them. Still others fell upon the fine soil and they began to yield fruit, this one a hundredfold, that one sixty, the other thirty. Let him that has ears listen.”

So the disciples came up and said to him: “Why is it you speak to them by the use of illustrations?” In reply he said: “To YOU it is granted to understand the sacred secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those people it is not granted. For whoever has, more will be given him and he will be made to abound; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

This is why I speak to them by the use of illustrations, because, looking, they look in vain, and hearing, they hear in vain, neither do they get the sense of it; and toward them the prophecy of Isaiah is having fulfillment, which says, ‘By hearing, YOU will hear but by no means get the sense of it; and, looking, YOU will look but by no means see.

For the heart of this people has grown unreceptive, and with their ears they have heard without response, and they have shut their eyes; that they might never see with their eyes and hear with their ears and get the sense of it with their hearts and turn back, and I heal them.

“However, happy are YOUR eyes because they behold, and YOUR ears because they hear. For I truly say to YOU, Many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things YOU are beholding and did not see them, and to hear the things YOU are hearing and did not hear them

“YOU, then, listen to the illustration of the man that sowed. Where anyone hears the word of the kingdom but does not get the sense of it, the wicked one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; this is the one sown alongside the road. As for the one sown upon the rocky places, this is the one hearing the word and at once accepting it with joy.

Yet he has no root in himself but continues for a time, and after tribulation or persecution has arisen on account of the word he is at once stumbled. As for the one sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the word, but the anxiety of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. As for the one sown upon the fine soil, this is the one hearing the word and getting the sense of it, who really does bear fruit and produces, this one a hundredfold, that one sixty, the other thirty.”
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Kinda like the Garden and flowers. By looking you can get the sense of it. Jesus said prophecy of Isaiah is having fulfillment, which says, ‘By hearing, YOU will hear meaning the Good News but by no means get the sense of it; and, looking, YOU will look but by no means see. Meaning it's in your face but you can't see it clearly. Then notice the illustration of the seeds. Which seed are you?

Let's go back to the Garden. Flowers itself need what to grow. A seed right. When God's word is planted in our hearts, its like that seed that has been planted in the ground. Then what happens? I starts to grow. In a way it's like God's word once planted in our hearts, helps us grow spiritually. So that flower is now growing. It's beautiful right. What happens if the flower isn't taken care of? It dies right.

Jehovah takes care of us spiritually. When we go into the world it's as if the water that gives that flower life starts to fade. Jehovah will provide all the water that we need to be protected spiritually but it's up to us.

Going back to the Illustration that Jesus gave...Ask yourself honestly. Which seed are you?