(Mark 4:19~20 등경) and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word and it becomes unfruitful. But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred." 하나님은 주의 자녀의 마음 밭을 준비하시어 말씀을 성장시키는 분이시다. 오늘 본문에서는 예수께서 바닷가에서 가르치실 때 큰 무리가 모였는데 예수께서 그들에게 씨뿌리는 자의 비유를 베푸셔서 흙이 얇은 돌밭에 말씀을 뿌리면 해가 돋은 후 뿌리가 없어 마르며, 가시떨기에 떨어지면 세상 염려, 재리의 유혹에 결실치 못하나 좋은 밭에 떨어지면 삼십배, 육십배, 백배의 결실을 맺는다 했다. 또한 사람이 등불을 등경 위에 두는 것 같이 드려내려 하지 않고는 숨긴 것이 없다 하며 '무엇을 듣는가 삼가라' 하시고 헤아리는 헤아림으로 헤아림을 받을 것이라 했다. 또한 천국은 겨자씨와 같이 큰 가지를 낸다 하였다. 아멘
God prepares the hearts of His children and makes the Word grow. In today's passage, Jesus taught by the seashore, and a large crowd gathered. He told them the parable of the sower. He explained that if the seed sown on rocky ground, with its thin soil, has no root and withers when the sun rises, it will yield no fruit. If it falls among thorns, it will be unproductive due to the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth. But if it falls on good soil, it will yield a crop—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much. He also said, "Nothing is hidden unless it is displayed, as a lamp on its stand." He warned, "Be careful what you hear," and added that it will be measured to you with the measure you use. He also said that the kingdom of heaven produces large branches like a mustard seed. Amen.