• List the figures that Jesus uses in the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-8).
  • What do the various figures represent (Matthew 13:18-23; Luke 8:11-15)?
  • Describe the person with the wayside heart (Matthew 13:19).
  • Describe the person with the rocky heart (Matthew 13:20-21). What false doctrine does this part of the parable refute?
  • Describe the person with the thorny heart (Matthew 13:22). What false assumption is often made about this part of the parable? What other passages command us to bear fruit?
  • Describe the person with the good heart (Matthew 13:23).
  • While this is an easy parable to understand, what makes it so powerful?