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撒種的比喻

耶穌又在海邊教訓人。有許多人到他那裡聚集,他只得上船坐下。船在海裡,眾人都靠近海,站在岸上。 耶穌就用比喻教訓他們許多道理。在教訓之間,對他們說: 「你們聽啊!有一個撒種的出去撒種。 撒的時候,有落在路旁的,飛鳥來吃盡了。 有落在土淺石頭地上的,土既不深,發苗最快, 日頭出來一曬,因為沒有根,就枯乾了。 有落在荊棘裡的,荊棘長起來,把它擠住了,就不結實。 又有落在好土裡的,就發生長大,結實有三十倍的有六十倍的,有一百倍的。」 又說:「有耳可聽的,就應當聽!」

用比喻的因由

10 無人的時候,跟隨耶穌的人和十二個門徒問他這比喻的意思。 11 耶穌對他們說:「神國的奧祕只叫你們知道,若是對外人講,凡事就用比喻, 12 叫『他們看是看見,卻不曉得,聽是聽見,卻不明白;恐怕他們回轉過來,就得赦免』。」

解明撒種的比喻

13 又對他們說:「你們不明白這比喻嗎?這樣怎能明白一切的比喻呢? 14 撒種之人所撒的就是道。 15 那撒在路旁的,就是人聽了道,撒旦立刻來,把撒在他心裡的道奪了去。 16 那撒在石頭地上的,就是人聽了道,立刻歡喜領受, 17 但他心裡沒有根,不過是暫時的,及至為道遭了患難,或是受了逼迫,立刻就跌倒了。 18 還有那撒在荊棘裡的,就是人聽了道, 19 後來有世上的思慮、錢財的迷惑和別樣的私慾進來,把道擠住了,就不能結實。 20 那撒在好地上的,就是人聽道又領受,並且結實,有三十倍的,有六十倍的,有一百倍的。」

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And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

11 and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

13 And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

14 He who is sowing doth sow the word;

15 and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

16 `And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

17 and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

18 `And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,

19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20 `And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

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The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)

Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. He taught them many things by parables,(D) and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(E) As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”(F)

Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(G)

10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(H) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(I) everything is said in parables 12 so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
    and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a](J)

13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word.(K) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan(L) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth(M) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10