The Kingdom of Heaven Page #2

Wouldn't it be easier to teach them plainly?

To you it is given to know

the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven,

but to them it is not given.

Don't you want them to understand, Lord?

Yes, but their ears are dull,

and their eyes are closed.

But blessed are your eyes and ears,

for they see and hear.

The parable of the sower, Master.

There's something I don't understand.

Come.

Sit next to me.

Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

And when he sowed,

some seeds fell by the wayside.

I know that you are the sower, Lord,

and that the seeds are the word of God.

But what does this mean,

seeds falling by the wayside?

When anyone hears the word of God

but refuses to understand it

then the evil one comes

and takes away that

which was sown in his heart.

This is he who received

the seed by the wayside.

But he who receives the seed

into a stony place

hears the word of God with joy at first,

but when the heat of persecution rises,

his faith dies, and he falls away,

because the seed has no root in his heart.

He that received the seed among

thorns is he that heareth the word,

but the cares of this world

and the deceitfulness of riches

chokes the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But one who receives

the seed into good ground,

that person hears the word

and understands it, and also bears fruit

some thirty, some sixty,

some an hundred fold.

So shall it be at the end of the world.

The King shall say unto

them on His right hand,

''Come ye blessed of my Father,

inherit the Kingdom prepared for you

from the foundation of the world.''

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