.... A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
The parable of the sower is a very popular one in the Bible and carries a powerful message. It talks about the sower who scattered seed on 4 types of ground. The first ground was "by the way side" and the birds ate it. The seeds signifies the "word of God" and the hard ground depicts someone hardened by sin. This person hears the word but does not make use of it. The second ground talks about a rocky ground where it germinate quickly but it and died when the sun came up. These illustrates the a person that receives the word and obeyed but changed back to his old ways.
The third ground talks seeds that fell on a thorny ground. This person receives the word of God and grows with it but it his heart is distracted by other things like lust and other sinful lifestyle. Finally, the good ground is the person that reecieves the word of God and grows with it till the end of time.
The parable of the sower can also illustrate our deeds whether good or bad. Our deeds are like plants that will sure germinate. In this life, "we reap what we so", I can relate with these because few months ago, I helped an old lady at an ATM stand and few days back I was stranded at a place and it was raining. Next thing I saw was a car drive towards me and it was the woman I helped at the ATM stand few months back. To summarize the whole parable, a man reception of the Word of God is determined by his heart.