Parables of Jesus Christ.

Parables: Jesus
Christ

Those that may be ever seeing but never
perceiving!

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 has been given to you. But to those on the outside
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]”

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.

15 Some people are like
seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan
comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

16 Others, like seeds 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 seeds
sown among thorns, hear the word.

19 but the worries of this
life, the deceitfulness of wealth 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.” Visit: prayerscircle.com