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Gospel Jesus explains the parable of the sower.</b></span> Let’s study each part of his explanation.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>The
seed sown on the path is “the one who hears the word without
understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown.”</b></span>
This means <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>we might end up blocked from </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>God </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>because we lack</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>education
in the ways of the Spirit.</b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">The seed sown on rocky ground is “the one</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>receives
it at once with joy. But he has no root and lasts only for a time.”
</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>When difficulties and persecutions arrive, he loses <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">confidence</span>. </b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>“The
seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly
anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.”</b></span>
<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>Some people hear <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the word</span>,</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> but then they are unable to</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> maintain their
focus and sense of prioritization. </b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">So
from these sad cases we can construe <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the nature of good soil. When we
understand the faith, when we take the time to read theology, to study
the Scriptures; when we persevere, discipline ourselves, and practice
the faith; when we have our priorities straight; then</b></span><u> </u><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><u>the seed will take
root in us. And it will bear fruit thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold</u>.</b></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br></div>
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