The MAIN parable

 

Mark 4:10

King James Version

10 And when he was alone, 

they that were about him with the twelve 

asked of him the parable.

To a hungry heart, GOD's WORD is bread.

For JESUS is the BREAD of LIFE.

I am always hungry for GOD's WORD.

Combing Scripture for discoveries.

SPIRIT led me to what is the LORD's main parable.

But first, the backgrounder.

JESUS tells His 12 apostles:

Mark 4:11-12

King James Version

11 And he said unto them, 

Unto you it is given to know 

the mystery of the kingdom of God: 

but unto them that are without, 

all these things are done in parables:

12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; 

and hearing they may hear, and not understand; 

lest at any time they should be converted, 

and their sins should be forgiven them.

And He follows through with this:

Mark 4:13

King James Version

13 And he said unto them, 

Know ye not this parable? 

and how then will ye know all parables?

Wow, what a revelation!

That means, there is a MAIN parable.

The foundation for ALL parables.

From which others spring.

First, JESUS teaching the multitude:

Mark 4:1-2

King James Version

4 And he began again to teach by the sea side: 

and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, 

so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; 

and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

2 And he taught them many things by parables, 

and said unto them in his doctrine,

Second, the MAIN parable:

Mark 4:3-9

King James Version

3 Hearken; 

Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, 

some fell by the way side, 

and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

5 And some fell on stony ground, 

where it had not much earth; 

and immediately it sprang up, 

because it had no depth of earth:

6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; 

and because it had no root, it withered away.

7 And some fell among thorns, 

and the thorns grew up, and choked it, 

and it yielded no fruit.

8 And other fell on good ground, 

and did yield fruit that sprang up 

and increased; 

and brought forth, 

some thirty, 

and some sixty, 

and some an hundred.

9 And he said unto them, 

He that hath ears to hear, 

let him hear.

Third, the LORD's interpretation:

Mark 4:14-20

King James Version

14 The sower soweth the word.

15 And these are they by the way side, 

where the word is sown; 

but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, 

and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16 And these are they likewise 

which are sown on stony ground; 

who, when they have heard the word, 

immediately receive it with gladness;

17 And have no root in themselves, 

and so endure but for a time: 

afterward, when affliction or persecution 

ariseth for the word's sake, 

immediately they are offended.

18 And these are they 

which are sown among thorns; 

such as hear the word,

19 And the cares of this world, 

and the deceitfulness of riches, 

and the lusts of other things entering in, 

choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20 And these are they 

which are sown on good ground; 

such as hear the word, 

and receive it, 

and bring forth fruit, 

some thirtyfold, 

some sixty, 

and some an hundred.

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