PARABLE, MIRACLE, AND SIGN
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good ground, and
good ground, and
good ground, and
sprang up, and bare
did yield fruit that
brought forth fruit,
fruit
an
some an hundred-
sprang up and
hundredfold. And
increased;
and
fold,
some
when He had said
sixty-fold,
some
brought forth, some
these things, He
thirty, and some
thirty-fold.
Who
cried, He that hath
sixty, and some an
hath ears to hear, let
ears to hear, let him
hundred. And He
him hear'.
hear'.
said unto them, He
that hath ears to
hear let him hear'.
One of the differences between Matthew's account and that of Mark is that Matthew speaks always in the
plural, `they', `them', whereas Mark speaks of the seed in the singular, `it'. Luke adds the words, `and it was
trodden down', in the first sowing, and omits the reference to `no depth of earth' and the effect of the sun,
telling us that it withered because it lacked moisture. The addition of the words, `with it', in Luke's account of
the thorns is also suggestive.
In the interpretation of the parable, the following differences are noteworthy. We print them in tabular form
to save space.
MATTHEW 13:10-23
MARK
LUKE
4:10-20
8:9-15
`The mystery of
`The mysteries
`The mysteries
the kingdom of
of the kingdom of
of the kingdom of
God'.
God'.
heaven'.
`The word of
`The
sower
`The seed is the
the. kingdom'.
soweth the word'.
word of God'.
`The
wicked
`Satan'.
`The devil'.
one'.
`These are they
`This is he
`Those by the
by the wayside'.
wayside'.
which received seed
by the wayside'.
Similar
to
`They on the
`He
that
Matthew
received the seed
rock
are
they,
which, when they
into stony places,
hear, receive the
the same is he that
word with joy; and
heareth the word,
these have no root,
and anon with joy
which for a while
receiveth it; yet
hath he not root in
believe, and in time
of temptation fall
himself, but dureth
away'.
for a while: for
when tribulation or
persecution ariseth
because of the
word, by and by he
is offended'.
Similar
to
`He also that
`And that which
Matthew but add
received
seed
fell among thorns ...
among the thorns ...
`the lusts of other
choked with cares
the care of this
things entering in'.
and riches and
world, and the
pleasures of this
deceitfulness
of
life, and bring no
riches, choke the
fruit to perfection'.
word,
and
he