This week, we're looking at several parables of Jesus in Mark 4. The most famous of them being "The Parable of the Sower", where the sower spreads seed out among various types of ground as he looks to plant a crop.
This title is a terrible name for the parable though. This parable isn't about the sower, it's more about the seed and the soil than the one planting. And the point of the parable really has nothing to do with the sower. The key is the soil, the seed is the same - the difference is the soil.
It's probably to late to change history and rename this parable. Plus, "The Parable of the Soils" sounds too weird. But we should be sure to pay attention, not to the sower, or even the seed, as much as the soil and how it relates to us.
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