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Proper 10
Pentecost 8
Ordinary Time 15
4. Sowers Of The Seed
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
The same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the
sea.
2Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a
boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.
3And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen!
A
sower went out to sow.
4And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the
path, and the birds came and ate them up.
5Other seeds fell on
rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang
up quickly, since they had no depth of soil.
6But when the sun
rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they
withered away.
7Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns
grew up and choked them.
8Other seeds fell on good soil and
brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9Let anyone with ears listen!"
18"Hear then the parable of the sower.
19When anyone hears
the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one
comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what
was sown on the path.
20As for what was sown on rocky ground,
this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it
with joy; 21yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a
while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the
word, that person immediately falls away.
22As for what was sown
among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares
of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields
nothing.
23But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the
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one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit
and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in
another thirty."
This parable is titled "The Sower."
That puts the emphasis
on the person who preaches or teaches the word.
Yet the parable
does not do much in the way of describing the characteristics of
the sower.
In this particular instance one would suppose that
Jesus implies that he is the sower.
If we choose to emphasize
this aspect of the parable, then we might concentrate on the
question of how the contemporary sower corresponds to Jesus as
the one who proclaims the message.
We might also call this parable "The Seed."
That would put
the emphasis on the message that is announced or communicated.
Again, the parable does not present any details about the seed.
No indication is given that the sower chose the seed carefully to
be sure it was the best seed.
The parable does not say that the
sower sifted through the grain carefully to be sure it was pure,
that no weeds or thistle seed was mixed in with the grain.
If we
want to emphasize that part of the parable, then we would examine
whether the word that is sown fully represents the message that
Jesus would have us communicate.
We might also call the parable "The Soils."
Indeed, that is
what is described in the passage following the parable.
According to the text, when Jesus explained the meaning of the
story to his disciples, he talked about the different kinds of
soils as representing those who were receptive and responsive to
the word which he proclaimed.
Context
Context of the Church Year
The parable and the next two that follow are from Matthew
13:
Pentecost 8. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Ä "The Sower"
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Pentecost 9. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Ä "Thistles Among The
Wheat"
Pentecost 10.
Matthew 13:44-52 Ä "Treasure And Trash"
The parables are all concerned with the kingdom of heaven.
They present differing views of the same subject.
They lend
themselves well to looking at the same complex topic from
different perspectives.
Context of Matthew 13
In Matthew 13 we have another of the major teaching sections
introduced by Matthew into the general scheme of Mark's
chronology.
As noted above, the central theme of the parables is
the initial message Jesus proclaimed.
"The kingdom of heaven is
nearby" [or "within you" or "in your midst" Ä all possible
meanings from the Greek.]
The chapter shows both the positive
response of the disciples and the rejection of the people of
Nazareth (verses 53-58) and the Pharisees of the earlier
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