The most important lesson in this parable is that those who hear, understand, and produce a spiritual crop—showing growth and fruitfulness—are ultimately in God’s hands.

Jesus’ lesson in the parable of the sower In the parable of the sower, Jesus wants to remind us of the great responsibility we have that comes from hearing God’s word. In the parable, only one out of four of the flock that heard the word kept it, and bore fruit to maturity. The remaining three had heard it more or less in vain.

The Parable of the Sower is one of the most important parables Jesus gave about the kingdom of God because it answered the question, “Why doesn’t the Word — the logos — have the effect on people we might hope for?” It moves us to ask again why God doesn’t just change people. This does not reflect a lack of power on God’s part.

The Parable of the Sower (also known as the parable of the soils) was taught to the multitude that had gathered around Jesus. He reveals that the seeds symbolize His teachings about God’s kingdom. The soils indicate four distinct ways in which God’s Word is received in men’s hearts.

Jesus is using something they understand to explain to them something that was foreign. The first lesson that the Parable of the Sower teaches us is that God (the sower) sows generously. But the primary lesson from this parable is found in us (the soil). In total there are 4 kinds of soil in Jesus’ story: The path (Matthew 13:4)