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The seeds and the four soils

The parable of the sower and seeds.
Story also available on our translated websites: Spanish, German
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The next time Jesus taught beside Lake Galilee, a big crowd gathered. – Slide 1
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It was so large that He had to sit in a boat out on the lake, while the people stood on the shore. <br/>He used stories to teach them many things, and this is part of what He taught: – Slide 2
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‘Now listen! A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.' – Slide 3
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‘While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road ...' – Slide 4
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‘... and was eaten by birds.' – Slide 5
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‘Other seeds fell on thin, rocky ground ...' – Slide 6
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‘and quickly started growing ...' – Slide 7
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‘because the soil wasn't very deep.' – Slide 8
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‘But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have deep roots.' – Slide 9
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‘Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up...' – Slide 10
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‘... and choked out the plants. So they did not produce any grain.' – Slide 11
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‘But a few seeds did fall on good ground...' – Slide 12
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'...where the plants grew …' – Slide 13
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‘… and produced 30 or 60 …' – Slide 14
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‘… or even 100 times as much as was scattered.' – Slide 15
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