“KEY” POINT: Understanding this parable is the key for unlocking all the parables (v. 13).

RESPONSES FROM RECEIVING GOD’S WORD

Response 1: Seed snatched … Satan steals it. Result? A false conversion that bears no fruit. (vv. 4 & 15)

Response 2: Seed scorched … difficulty destroys it. Result? A false conversion that bears no fruit. (vv. 5-6 & 16-17)

Response 3: Seed strangled … desire depletes it. Result? A false conversion that bears no fruit. (vv. 7 & 18-19)

Response 4: Seed sprouts … God grows it. Result? A true conversion that bears much fruit. (vv. 8 & 20)