A sewer went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and others

fell on good ground and sprang up and bare fruit a hundredfold.

Hey listeners, this is Nick from Scripture Central, and today's podcast addresses the question,

how does the parable of the Sower help us

understand Lehigh's vision of the Tree of Life?

One of the first parables delivered by Jesus is often called the Parable of the Sower.

In all the Gospel accounts that record this parable, Jesus delivered it to a large

multitude who came earnestly seeking to know the truths Jesus taught. According to this parable,

a sower went out to sow his seed, which then fell on four types of soil. These included,

one, the wayside, where the seed was trampled or eaten by birds.

Two, rocks, unsuitable for growth. Three, soil with thorns already growing. And four, good soil

that allowed the seeds to grow and bear fruit. According to John and Jeannie Welch, this

parable may have been drawn out by a question about the nature of Jesus' teachings. Those

listening to the Lord may have wondered, why will the results of Jesus' preaching indubitably

vary so wildly? The message each individual heard constituted the same words, or seeds, in the context

of the parable. The only variable that could stimulate or hinder the seed's growth would prove

to be how it was individually accepted. Similarly, the Book of Mormon contains a vision

relating four distinct groups of people who

accept or reject the gospel.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland has noted how the same four types of people mentioned in Christ's

parable coincide with the groups described in Lehigh's dream of the Tree of Life.

The first group in Christ's parable are the seeds that fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up,

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