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Bible Stories · Ages 7+ · Set A
The sower and the seeds
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Remember: In Jesus's story the seed is God's word, and the ground is how people listen.

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The farmer's seedA big crowd gathered by the Sea of Galilee, so Jesus taught from a boat. He told a parable about a farmer who went out to sow seed. Some seed fell on the path, and the birds gobbled it up. Some fell on rocky ground with only a thin layer of soil. It sprouted fast, but the sun dried it up because the roots could not grow deep. Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew taller and crowded it out. Some fell on good soil, soft and deep, and it grew a huge harvest.
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Where did Jesus sit to teach the big crowd?
⛰️On a hill⛵In a boat🏠In a house
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What is a parable?
📖A short story that teaches something🌱A kind of seed🌊A big lake
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Number what happened on the rocky ground.
  • 🌱 Shoots pop up fast
  • 🥀 The plants dry up
  • ☀️ The sun rises hot and bright
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🛤️Did the seed on the path have nowhere for its roots to go?
YesNo
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How deep was the soil on the rocky ground?
🪱Soft and deep🪨Only a thin layer🦵Up to the knee

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Join each ground to what happened.
  1. 1🛤️ the path
  2. 2🪨 the rocky ground
  3. 3🌿 the thorns
  4. 4🌾 the good soil
  • Athe plants dried up
  • Bcrowded the plants out
  • Cbirds gobbled the seed
  • Da huge harvest
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Look at the bars. What is the biggest harvest the episode names?
🌾Thirty times as much🌾Sixty times as much🌾A hundred times as much
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In the episode, Jesus said the seed is God's .
wordboatfarm
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In the episode, what is the thorny ground like?
🌾People who take it in and bear fruit🌿People whose worries crowd it out🪨People who are glad at first but give up
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A child said: Birds ate the path seed. The rocks gave deep roots. Thorns crowded the seed. Which part is wrong?
🐦Birds gobbled the seed🪨It grew deep roots on the rocks🌿The thorns crowded the seed
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The episode says we can be good soil. How?
👂Listen with care and remember what we hear🌱Sow more seed⛵Build a boat
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Draw the four kinds of ground.
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Write one way you can listen well.
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Answer key · Set A
The sower and the seeds
1In a boat The crowd filled the shore, so Jesus climbed into a boat and sat a little way out on the water.
2A short story that teaches something Jesus told stories called parables. A parable is a short story that teaches something.
31, 3, 2
4Yes Yes. The path was packed hard, and the seed lay on top with nothing to cover it.
5Only a thin layer There was only a thin layer of soil over the rock, so the roots could not grow down deep.
61-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D
7A hundred times as much The seed in good soil made thirty, sixty, even a hundred times as much. A hundred is the most.
8word Jesus told his friends that the farmer sows the word, and the seed is God's word.
9People whose worries crowd it out The episode says the thorny ground is like people who hear it, but worries crowd it out.
10It grew deep roots on the rocks The rocky ground was thin, so the roots could not grow deep, and the plants dried up.
11Listen with care and remember what we hear The episode says we can be good soil when we listen with care and remember what we hear.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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