The sower sows the word.
Happy are you who sow beside every stream, and let the ox and the donkey go freely!
The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them.
Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them.
“Hear this! A sower went out to sow.
just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,
“This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.
Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.
