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THE STORY CONTINUED. Last week, we looked at Jesus telling a farming story about four different soils to a huge crowd of people, most of whom would have themselves been involved in farming. They were well aware that He had healed tens of thousands and cast demons out of thousands. Still today, in all of human history, no one else has ever done this. Clearly, Jesus was no ordinary man. But that's why people kept coming to Jesus— to be healed. And yet some claimed that Jesus healed by the power of Satan. Now, this sought-after Rabbi had just told them a story they knew all too well from their own life experiences. When they went to their fields to plant, they scattered their seed, and some of it fell on the hard footpath and was eaten by birds. Other seeds would fall on shallow soil with limestone layers underneath and soon shriveled and died. Still, other seeds would be overwhelmed by weeds and produce nothing. I can imagine their response: 'We walked all this way to be healed, and this acclaimed Rabbi told us a story about farming. Seriously? What a waste of time!'
