{"product_id":"be-good-soil-parable-of-the-farmer","title":"The Parable of the Farmer - Christian T-Shirt","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"passage-display\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bcv d-container go1888279051\" id=\"dropdown-b5c2c\" role=\"button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dropdown-display\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dropdown-display-text\"\u003eMatthew 13:3-23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dropdown-icon\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 11.5 6.5\" width=\"11.5\" height=\"6.5\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M11.28.22a.75.75 0 0 0-1.06 0L5.75 4.69 1.28.22A.75.75 0 0 0 .22 1.28l5 5a.73.73 0 0 0 .53.22.74.74 0 0 0 .53-.22l5-5a.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.06z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"d-root\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translation d-container go1888279051\" id=\"dropdown-2f767\" role=\"button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dropdown-display\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dropdown-display-text\"\u003eNIV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dropdown-icon\"\u003e\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 11.5 6.5\" width=\"11.5\" height=\"6.5\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M11.28.22a.75.75 0 0 0-1.06 0L5.75 4.69 1.28.22A.75.75 0 0 0 .22 1.28l5 5a.73.73 0 0 0 .53.22.74.74 0 0 0 .53-.22l5-5a.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.06z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"d-root\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"passage-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"passage-content passage-class-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"version-NIV result-text-style-normal text-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"chapter-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23543\" class=\"text Matt-13-3\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e3 \u003c\/sup\u003eThen he told them many things in parables, saying: \u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e“A farmer went out to sow his seed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23544\" class=\"text Matt-13-4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e4 \u003c\/sup\u003eAs he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23545\" class=\"text Matt-13-5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e5 \u003c\/sup\u003eSome fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23546\" class=\"text Matt-13-6\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e6 \u003c\/sup\u003eBut when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23547\" class=\"text Matt-13-7\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e7 \u003c\/sup\u003eOther seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23548\" class=\"text Matt-13-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e8 \u003c\/sup\u003eStill other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23549\" class=\"text Matt-13-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e9 \u003c\/sup\u003eWhoever has ears, let them hear.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23550\" class=\"text Matt-13-10\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e10 \u003c\/sup\u003eThe disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23551\" class=\"text Matt-13-11\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e11 \u003c\/sup\u003eHe replied, \u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e“Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23552\" class=\"text Matt-13-12\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e12 \u003c\/sup\u003eWhoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23553\" class=\"text Matt-13-13\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e13 \u003c\/sup\u003eThis is why I speak to them in parables:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"poetry top-05\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-13\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e“Though seeing, they do not see;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1-breaks\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-13\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003ethough hearing, they do not hear or understand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"first-line-none top-05\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23554\" class=\"text Matt-13-14\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e14 \u003c\/sup\u003eIn them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"poetry top-05\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"line\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-14\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1-breaks\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-14\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003eyou will be ever seeing but never perceiving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23555\" class=\"text Matt-13-15\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e15 \u003c\/sup\u003eFor this people’s heart has become calloused;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1-breaks\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-15\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003ethey hardly hear with their ears,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1-breaks\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-15\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003eand they have closed their eyes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-15\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003eOtherwise they might see with their eyes,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1-breaks\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-15\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003ehear with their ears,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"indent-1-breaks\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-15\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003eunderstand with their hearts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text Matt-13-15\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003eand turn, and I would heal them.’\u003csup data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-23555a\" class=\"footnote\" data-link='[\u0026lt;a href=\"#fen-NIV-23555a\" title=\"See footnote a\"\u0026gt;a\u0026lt;\/a\u0026gt;]'\u003e[\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew%2013%3A3-23\u0026amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-23555a\" title=\"See footnote a\"\u003ea\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"first-line-none top-05\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23556\" class=\"text Matt-13-16\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e16 \u003c\/sup\u003eBut blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23557\" class=\"text Matt-13-17\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e17 \u003c\/sup\u003eFor truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23558\" class=\"text Matt-13-18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e18 \u003c\/sup\u003e“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23559\" class=\"text Matt-13-19\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e19 \u003c\/sup\u003eWhen anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23560\" class=\"text Matt-13-20\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e20 \u003c\/sup\u003eThe seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23561\" class=\"text Matt-13-21\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e21 \u003c\/sup\u003eBut since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23562\" class=\"text Matt-13-22\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e22 \u003c\/sup\u003eThe seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan id=\"en-NIV-23563\" class=\"text Matt-13-23\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"woj\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"versenum\"\u003e23 \u003c\/sup\u003eBut the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kingdom Shirts","offers":[{"title":"2XL","offer_id":67610389184699,"sku":"BGS - White-1","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":67610389217467,"sku":"BGS - White-2","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":67610389250235,"sku":"BGS - White-3","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":67610389283003,"sku":"BGS - White-4","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":67610389315771,"sku":"BGS - White-5","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/4933\/4459\/files\/GoodSoilWhite.png?v=1790910798","url":"https:\/\/www.kingdomshirts.co\/products\/be-good-soil-parable-of-the-farmer","provider":"Kingdom Shirts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}