Here is the next installment in my series, The Parables of Jesus. I originally recorded this song in 2004 for my Search the Scriptures project, but it didn't end up making it onto the CD because I wasn't really satisfied with it at that time. I have since re-worked it a bit, and am satisfied with it. Hopefully it will be a blessing to those who take the time to watch this video.

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom,
And understandeth it not,
Then cometh the wicked, and catcheth away
That which was sown in his heart.
This is he which received seed by the way side.

But he that received the seed into stony places,
The same is he that heareth the word,
And anon with joy receiveth it;

Yet 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.

He 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.

But 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.