Todays sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the 6th Sunday after Trinity, 16th July Download Mp3 HERE! Sermon starts at 2:52 Matthew 13 v 1-9 & 18-23 1 That same day Jesus went out … Continue reading →
Todays sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the 6th Sunday after Trinity, 16th July
Download Mp3 HERE!
Sermon starts at 2:52
Matthew 13 v 1-9 & 18-23
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.
2 Such large
crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people
stood on the shore.
3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer
went out to sow his seed.
4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path,
and the birds came and ate it up.
5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have
much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
6 But when the sun
came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no
root.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
8 Still
other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty
times what was sown.
9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
19 When anyone hears the
message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and
snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the
path.
20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and
at once receives it with joy.
21 But since they have no root, they last only a short
time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall
away.
22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word,
but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it
unfruitful.
23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word
and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or
thirty times what was sown.”