“ Here is what the story means. The seed is God’s message.

“这比喻乃是这样：种子就是神的道。

“这比喻是这样的：种子就是上帝的道。

“这比喻是这样的：种子就是神的道。

这个比喻的意思是这样，种子代表上帝的道，

“这比喻是说，种子是神的道，

“原来，这个比喻是这样的。那种子就是神的话语。

「這比喻乃是這樣：種子就是神的道。

「這比喻是這樣的：種子就是上帝的道。

「這比喻是這樣的：種子就是神的道。

這個比喻的意思是這樣，種子代表上帝的道，

“這比喻是說，種子是神的道，

這比喻就是：那種子、是上帝之道。

「原來，這個比喻是這樣的。那種子就是神的話語。

所喻如是、種者、上帝道也、

此譬非他、種者、上帝道也、

斯喻之意即此、種者、天主之道也、

斯譬所謂種者、天主之道也；

“ This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

“ This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God’s word.

“ This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

“ Now this is the parable: the seed is the word of God.

“ Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

“ This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

“ Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

So get rid of everything that is sinful. Get rid of the evil that is all around us. Don’t be too proud to accept the word that is planted in you. It can save you.

The seed the farmer plants is God’s message.What is seed scattered on a path like? The message is planted. The people hear the message. Then Satan comes. He takes away the message that was planted in them.And what is seed scattered on rocky places like? The people hear the message. At once they receive it with joy.But they have no roots. So they last only a short time. They quickly fall away from the faith when trouble or suffering comes because of the message.And what is seed scattered among thorns like? The people hear the message.But then the worries of this life come to them. Wealth comes with its false promises. The people also long for other things. All of these are the kinds of things that crowd out the message. They keep it from producing fruit.And what is seed scattered on good soil like? The people hear the message. They accept it. They produce a good crop 30, 60, or even 100 times more than the farmer planted.”

People hear the message about the kingdom but do not understand it. Then the evil one comes. He steals what was planted in their hearts. Those people are like the seed planted on a path.

You have been born again by means of the living word of God. His word lasts forever. You were not born again from a seed that will die. You were born from a seed that can’t die.It is written,“ All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.But the word of the Lord lasts forever.”( Isaiah 40:6–8) And this is the word that was preached to you.

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God has been making it grow.So the one who plants is not important. The one who waters is not important. It is God who makes things grow. He is the important one.

We work together to serve God. You are like God’s field. You are like his building.God has given me the grace to lay a foundation as a wise builder. Now someone else is building on it. But each one should build carefully.No one can lay any other foundation than what has already been laid. That foundation is Jesus Christ.A person may build on it using gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay or straw.

Follow what the Lord taught you and said to you through me. People who don’t speak in keeping with these words will have no hope in the morning.