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Parables, stories.

Jesus inviting us into these short stories called parables,

so that he can invite the listener into the larger story, which is his own story.

Would you turn with me to the Gospel of Mark chapter four, the Gospel of Mark chapter four.

And I want to center on verses 24 through 34 as we launch our topic this weekend.

I'm very, very excited about what we've come to talk about.

But I want to get to verses one through three at the very

beginning of the chapter first, just so we can put it in place and you can hear the repetition

of some wording that he is going to use. So we're jumping in, Mark chapter four, I want to read

verses one through three, and then I'm going to hop over to verse 24, and I'll tell you when it's coming.

Mark 4, verse 1, again, he, and he is Jesus, began to teach beside the sea.

And a very large crowd gathered about him so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea,

and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

And he was teaching them many things in parables. And in his teaching, he said to them,

let me give you just enough of it to know where it's headed, listen. Behold, a sewer went out

to sow. And so in the next verses, he's going to tell the parable of the seed, and the seed

is representative of the word of God. Keeping that in mind, jump with me to verse 24. And he,

still Jesus, said to them, pay attention to what you hear. Do you remember when it said back in verse three

that he began his teaching with the word, listen. Behold, a sewer went out to sow. Verse 24, pay attention

to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.

For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has

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