Mark 4:1-9 Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the sea and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly, since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it was scorched; and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.” And he said, “Let anyone with ears to hear, let him hear!”
His classroom was the great outdoors.
His podium was a boat.
The images were so graphic
we have it now as a quote.
Seeds and sowers were commonplace
and soils were recognized.
These things had happened for years
before the listeners eyes.
Some heard but didn’t understand
the great truth was very near
so Jesus said if you have ears
you must try very hard to hear.
There’s more than just hearing words
if the lesson we are to learn.
When we read it many times
one day we’ll finally discern.
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