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# '''The Parable as a Picture of Christ''' – The "sower" is Christ, the "seed" is His word, but the "ground" can also be seen as representing Christ Himself. He is the one who was "trampled" (Luke), "devoured" (Mark), and "withered" (Matthew), yet He ultimately produces the great harvest.
# '''The Parable as a Picture of Christ''' – The "sower" is Christ, the "seed" is His word, but the "ground" can also be seen as representing Christ Himself. He is the one who was "trampled" (Luke), "devoured" (Mark), and "withered" (Matthew), yet He ultimately produces the great harvest.
# '''Progressive Revelation in the Gospels''' – The differences in the accounts are not contradictions but reflections of what the authors discovered during the gaps of authorship.
# '''Progressive Revelation in the Gospels''' – The differences in the accounts are not contradictions but reflections of what the authors discovered during the gaps of authorship.
# '''The Role of the New Teaching of Peace''' – The "moisture" in Luke could represent the peace and teaching of Christ that allows the seed to flourish, connecting to the idea of Israel as "man joined to God by revelation."
# '''Typological Fulfillment''' – The three failed soils represent three times Christ was revealed to man prior to the resurrection.
# '''Typological Fulfillment''' – The three failed soils may represent the different ways Israel rejected Christ: hardened (Pharisees), shallow (crowds who left), and divided (Judas and worldly concerns), while the good soil represents the faithful remnant.

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