The Parable of the Sower

A parable of what happens to seeds that fall in various places.

• The seed that fell on good soil grew a hundredfold.
  • Seeds that fell on stony ground sprouted quickly but died because they had no roots
  • Nishio often uses the rootless grass metaphor

In Plowing/Seedling/Growing, the reason why Plowing Phase is necessary is that seeds cannot grow if they fall on land that has not been plowed.

• Might it sprout?

• Gospel of Matthew 13

  3 ... The sower went out to sow his seed. 4 While sowing, some seeds fell by the roadside and birds came and ate them. 5 Other seeds fell on a stony area with little soil and sprouted quickly because the soil there was shallow. 6 But when the sun rose, it burned and died because it had no roots. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and blocked them. 8 But other seeds fell on good land and bore fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

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