Questions
The parable of the sower (Mk 4:1-20)
(Questions for meditation)
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What is a parable? Why did Jesus use parable to speak to the public? (Matt 13:13-16)
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Why would the believers understand the meaning of the parable but the non-believers would not? (John 16:13)
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Why were Jesus’ disciples unable to understand the meaning of the parable of the sower? Did it imply anything about the degree of their faith?
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What is the difference between the response of the disciples and of the public after hearing? What does that mean to us?
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In the first three cases of seed-sowing, what is the difference with respect to the responses of the hearers?
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In the second and third cases of seed-sowing, what are the causes for the hearers to give up the Christian belief?
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What is the main difference between the last case and the other three cases? What is the key factor of bearing fruits?
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Will the believers encounter the first three cases in their Christian life?