Argument: Hearing is one thing, heeding is another.

Outline: Jesus diagnoses the hearts of hearers in three movements: 1. The Story (1-9) 2. The Secret (10-12) 3. The Significance (13-20) a. The trodden soil: a hardened hearer (15) b. The shallow soil: a shallow hearer (16-17) c. The thorny soil: a worldly hearer (18-19) d. The good soil: a heeding hearer (20)