Aga kui rahvahulki kogunes ja kõigist linnadest Jeesuse juurde tuli, rääkis ta neile tähendamissõnaga: "Külvaja läks välja oma seemet külvama. Ja külvamisel pudenes osa seemet tee äärde ning tallati ära ja taeva linnud nokkisid selle....
See tähendamissõna aga tähendab: seeme on Jumala sõna. Teeäärsed on need, kes kuulevad, aga pärast tuleb kurat ja võtab sõna ära nende südamest, et nad ei usuks ega pääseks. Lk 8: 4-5, 11-12
Some hearts close themselves to the light of faith. Ideals of peace, reconciliation and brotherhood are widely accepted and proclaimed, but all too often the facts belie them. Some people are futilely bent on smothering God's voice. To drown it out they use brute force or a method which is more subtle but perhaps more cruel because it drugs the spirit, indifference (Christ is passing by, 150).
Ja osa kukkus kaljule, ja see kuivas tärgates, sest sel ei olnud niiskust. (...) Kaljupealsed on need, kes kuuldes võtavad sõna rõõmuga vastu, ent neil ei ole juurt, üürikest aega nad usuvad, ent kiusatuse ajal taganevad ära. Lk 8:6 ja 13
You may perhaps have noticed... many people who call themselves Christians because they have been baptised and have received other sacraments, but then prove to be disloyal and deceitful, insincere and proud, and... they fail to achieve anything. They are like shooting stars, lighting up the sky for an instant and then falling away to nothing.
If we accept the responsibility of being children of God, we will realise that God wants us to be very human. Our heads should indeed be touching heaven, but our feet should be firmly on the ground. The price of living as Christians is not that of ceasing to be human or of abandoning the effort to acquire those virtues which some have even without knowing Christ. The price paid for each Christian is the redeeming Blood of Our Lord and he, I insist, wants us to be both very human and very divine, struggling each day to imitate him who is perfectus Deus, perfectus homo (Friends of God, 75).
Ja osa kukkus ohakate keskele, ja samal ajal tärganud ohakad lämmatasid selle. (...) Mis ohakate sekka kukkus, on aga need, kes sõna küll kuulsid, ent edaspidi lämmatavad neid muretsemised ja rikkus ja elulõbud ning nende vili ei saa küpseks. Lk 8:7 ja 14
Don’t be ashamed to discover in your heart the fomes peccati — the inclination to evil, which will be with you as long as you live, for nobody is free from this burden.
Don’t be ashamed, because the all—powerful and merciful Lord has given us all the means we need for overcoming this inclination: the Sacraments, a life of piety and sanctified work.
—Persevere in using these means, ever ready to begin again and again without getting discouraged. (Fourge, 119).
Ja osa kukkus heasse mulda, ja kui see tärkas, kandis see sajakordselt vilja."( ...) Aga mis on heas mullas, on need, kes sõna kuuldes seda kaunis ja heas südames säilitavad ja kannatlikkuses vilja kannavad. Lk 8:8 ja 15
If we look around, if we take a look at the world, which we love because it is God's handiwork, we will find that the parable holds true. The word of Jesus Christ is fruitful, it stirs many souls to dedication and fidelity. The life and conduct of those who serve God have changed history. Even many of those who do not know our Lord are motivated, perhaps unconsciously, by ideals which derive from Christianity (Christ is Passing By, 150).