Matthew 13

 Our speaker during Family Bible Hour was Mr Bill Coyle. His message was based on Matthew 13:1-23 (Parable of the Sower) --

^...3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
 ⁴And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
 ⁵Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
 ⁶And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
 ⁷And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
 ⁸But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
 ⁹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
 ¹⁰And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
 ¹¹He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
 ¹²For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
 ¹³Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
 ¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
 ¹⁵For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
 ¹⁶But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
 ¹⁷For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
 ¹⁸Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
 ¹⁹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
 ²⁰But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
 ²¹Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
 ²²He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
 ²³But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Doctrinal points on the above:

• There are different results to the Word of God

• As as Believer, what  type of yield are we returning to the seed of the Word of God in us?

Mr Coyle's message, in full and in context, is available on DVD. Please see Romy