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  Matthew 13:3-9 (3) Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow. (4) And as he sowed, some  seed  fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. (5) Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. (6) But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. (7) And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. (8) But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (9) He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" New King James Version     Change your email Bible version "The  seed  is the Word of  God , and its hitting the ground is not the end of the story. A variety of things can happen that will affect the growth of that seed. Some might fall on stone, others might be buried too deep. Rain may come a...

   Matthew 14:14 (14) And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.    Mark 6:34 (34) And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things. New King James Version     Change Bible versions " Jesus  is "moved with compassion" when He sees the needy multitudes exhausted and wandering like sheep that had been tattered from cruel fleecing. Twice He is "moved with compassion" when He sees the hungry multitudes without food ( Matthew 14:14 ;  15:32 ). The two blind men ( Matthew 20:34 ) and the leper ( Mark 1:41 ) also stir His compassion, as does the sorrow of the widow at Nain ( Luke 7:13 ). "In addition, Jesus uses the word translated "compassion" in three of His  parables : The king has compassion on his bankrupt servant and f...

  CHRISTIAN LIVING FOR GOD - TODAY AND BEYOND.   “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost’ ” (Luke 19:10, NKJV). From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a story of God seeking after lost humanity. Luke illustrates this truth by using three important parables found in the 15 th chapter of Luke: The lost sheep (Luke 15:4–7), The lost coin (vss. 8–10), The lost son (vss. 11–32). The mission of Jesus is a result of God’s love and grace. “Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” (Rom. 5:20, NKJV), and through this grace we find ourselves saved. Let’s look at the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin. The Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin ( Luke 15:3–10 ) are the first two in a series of three. The third is the “lost son” or the “ prodigal son .” Just as in other cases, Jesus taught these parables in a set of three to emphasize a point. In these three parables, what was the Pharisees problem with what Jesu...