- Read the headings in Mark 4:1-20.
- Highlight verses 9 and 11 of chapter 4.
- Read Mark 4:1-20
- Consider the following questions.
A) Some seed fell on the ______; _____ came and ate it. (4:4) These are those who hear the word, but ______ immediately comes and takes it away. (4:15)
B) Some seed fell on ________ ground; it sprang up, but when the ____ rose, it was _______ because it had no root. (4:5-6) These hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root, so when ______________ arise, they fall away. (4:16-17)
C) Some seed fell among _________; but it was ________ and yielded no grain. (4:7) These hear the word, but _______ of the world and the lures of ________ and ________ for other things choke the word. (4:18-19)
D) Some seed fell into _____ soil; it brought forth _______ thirty-, sixty-, and one hundred-fold. (4:8) These hear the word, ________ it, and bear _______. (4:20)
Read 4:11-12 again. Does Jesus really tell parables in order that people might not understand what he is talking about?
What is Jesus trying to say with this parable?
you ought to be more careful in how you plant the seed
if you're not 'bearing fruit,' blame the seed? blame the sower? blame the situation?
despite all the seed that might get lost, still, amazingly, a single seed can produce as much as a hundred-fold!
As a "sower of the seed" of the Gospel, how might the following facts apply to your mission efforts?
spring wheat is planted in the fall
a seed can grow even after being stored for a very long time
a single seed can yield up to one hundred times its weight
there are many factors--some that you can control, others that you can't--which determine a crop's yield