Cipher 33. Jesus Taught the Cross with the Sower Parable (Mat 13: 1-9)
1. WHO? (13:1) Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2. WHY speak? (13:2) And there were gathered unto him great multitudes.
3. HOW to speak? (13:3) And he spoke to them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
4. WHAT happened? (13:4-5) Some seeds fell by the wayside, and birds devoured them. Others fell on rocky places.
5. WHEN? (13:6) When the sun was risen, they were scorched; they had no root, they withered away.
6. WHERE else? (13:7) And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them.
7. WHICH way? (13:8-9) And others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He that hath ears, let him hear.
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Commentary: Jesus begins his parable of the sower with “Behold” that forms an image of a simple cross with his words. Behold is a transitive verb that means to perceive through sight—to SEE with the eyes. As an intransitive verb it is used in the imperitive, especially to call attention. Jesus is calling your attention to SEE a simple Behold cross that precedes and formats his four-step Sower Cross above like 1—2—3—4th step result: good ground yielded fruit. Jesus was teaching the cross for salvation, which begins above with seeds fell by the wayside. Jesus described the “way” like this: I Am—the way—the truth—and the life in John 14:6, which forms a cross structured the same way as the Sower Parable cross. The key thing to understand is in the same verse he said No one comes to the Father except through me, which means there is no other way to salvation than 1—2—3—4th step result through the cross. Jesus ends his parable with a simple “He That Hath Ears Cross” that finishes the message to the “elect:” SEE and HEAR the Cross to both perceive and understand.