{"id":118481,"date":"2026-09-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/?p=118481"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:04:27","slug":"the-parable-of-the-sower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/the-parable-of-the-sower\/","title":{"rendered":"The parable of the sower\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_199199034\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1938271436\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-847972887\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What should the children remember from this?\u202f<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">God gave us His word to help us. His word shows us what is right. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">It is like a seed that can grow up into something new and good. But\u2014if the seed does not grow then it doesn\u2019t turn into anything, and if God&#8217;s word is not put into practice, it cannot help us either. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div id=\"gap-912784559\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-912784559 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-189153075\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1152459040\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Questions for discussion<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-531967629\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1593902231\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#115e67;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1021750561\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1609207206\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-108929775\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Can you give an example of something God says to us? What happens when we do what God says?\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-108929775 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-108929775 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1609207206 {\n  width: 80%;\n}\n#text-box-1609207206 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1021750561 {\n  padding-top: 56.25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-184879718\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#115e67;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1993939441\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-149548103\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-2985787701\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>What can get in the way of us doing what God says?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2985787701 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-2985787701 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-149548103 {\n  width: 80%;\n}\n#text-box-149548103 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1993939441 {\n  padding-top: 56.25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1973963805\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-134826679\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Bible verses<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: &#8216;Behold, a sower went out to sow.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0}\"> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He who has ears to hear, let him hear!&#8217;\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And the disciples came and said to Him, &#8216;Why do You speak to them in parables?&#8217;\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He answered and said to them, &#8216;Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given<\/span>.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Matthew 13:3\u201311<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;<span class=\"TextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">Therefore hear the parable of the sower:\u202f <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.  This is he who received seed by the wayside. \u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">some a hundredfold<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80724423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">, some sixty, some thirty<\/span><\/span>.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Matthew 13:18\u201323<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-789527860\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1960623403\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>See also<\/h3>\n\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-2 medium-columns-1 small-columns-1 has-shadow row-box-shadow-1 row-box-shadow-2-hover slider row-slider slider-nav-simple slider-nav-outside\"  data-flickity-options='{&quot;imagesLoaded&quot;: true, &quot;groupCells&quot;: &quot;100%&quot;, &quot;dragThreshold&quot; : 5, &quot;cellAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,&quot;wrapAround&quot;: true,&quot;prevNextButtons&quot;: true,&quot;percentPosition&quot;: true,&quot;pageDots&quot;: false, &quot;rightToLeft&quot;: false, &quot;autoPlay&quot; : false}' >\n\n  <div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-vertical box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:43%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:80%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/i-am-the-door\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"I am the door\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PRBL_S01_E02_THUMB_Temaside-1-658x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/i-am-the-door\/\" class=\"plain\">I am the door<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the parable of the door, we see a shepherd who had built a gate into the pen for his sheep, so that they could...\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-vertical box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:43%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:80%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/the-lost-sheep\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"The lost sheep\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PRBL_S01_E01_Thumbnail_Hovedside-658x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/the-lost-sheep\/\" class=\"plain\">The lost sheep<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the story of the lost sheep, we see a shepherd who had 100 sheep but lost one! 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