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Comparing The Sower And The Parable Of The Growing Seed

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Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Growing Seed

When speaking of God’s love, the reasons for telling people about it and understanding

that not everyone will be receptive but to keep trying anyways. Jesus told two stories, Parable of

the Sower and The Parable of the Growing Seed. These two stories are alike as because it speaks

to a subject that his listeners were familiar with, which is the harvest. It is known that there

weren’t any regular grocery stores so I would imagine that his audience was familiar with this

process and could relate. In the first parable, Parable of the Sower, Jesus speaks about a person

that is sowing their seeds, which is the act of putting the seeds in the ground. This parable is

found in 3 places in the bible; Matthew …show more content…

If the listener opens his heart, accepts what is being said

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his love will grow and before he knows it without trying. He will truly understand God’s love

and will be accepted into the kingdom of heaven This parable is only located in one place in the

Bible unlike Parable of the Sower. This parable went in line of Parable of the Sower almost as if

it was the continuation but Jesus didn’t seem to go into as much detail in The Parable of the

Growing Seed, he left more to the imagination to the listener or in my case the reader. I think he

did that so the audience would draw more of their own conclusion. Each person’s path to heaven

is different because not two people experience life the same. So, my thought is he didn’t want to

people to think he was telling them exactly how to get a bountiful harvest, or get to the kingdom,

because if one person tries to replicate another’s journey and things don’t exactly go the same

then there is a point of frustration and in that frustration, it gives Satan yet another chance to lead

a person astray. Yes, I understand that a person is always able to repent and return to the fold

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