503rd Post Jesus Parables Con't. - Parable of the Sower Con't. - What was happening when Jesus Spoke this Parable.

Matthew 13: 3 - 9; Mark 4: 3 - 9; Luke 8: 5 - 8. Third post.
The crowds of people were growing to hear Jesus as his fame spread throughout the region.  Jesus got into a boat, to better address the crowd that was closing in on Him.  Jesus started speaking to the crowd in parables.  The Messiah was prophesied to speak in parables. The definition of the word parable from Webster's 1828 edition is as follows: A fable or allegorical relation or representation of something real in life or nature, from which a moral is drawn for instruction. Jesus explained the seed, the soil, and some of the pitfalls we face when listening to the Word of God.  Jesus did not explain why the good soil bears 100, 60 and 30 fold.  Jesus was telling the people what their responsibility was when hearing the Word of God.  In the Old Testament, the Temple provided a way to pay for sins, but not much in the way of living your life to avoid sin.  Jesus provided a model for us to try to be like, in the way He lived.  Jesus also made it plain that we are to do more than be just hearer's of the Word, we are to be doer's as well.  The people listening to the Word of God, have to now know the condition of their soil.  By Soil, Jesus was meaning we are to pay attention to the condition of our soil, or heart.  With this in mind look at the conditions of yield the good soil is to produce; 100, 60 and 30 fold. You are responsible for the condition of your soil.