THE SOWER
The Wayside, Stony Places, Among Thorns and Good Ground.
What are the kinds of soil the sower's seeds fell on?
The Righteous and the Wicked [ those who choose not to repent]
What did the wheat and tares represent?
10,000 Talents
What is the amount the servant owed to the king?
Jesus Christ
Who is the Lord of the vineyard?
The Word of God
What does the seed represent?
If the reapers tried to pull out the tares before the wheat and tares matured, they would likely destroy much of the wheat as well.
What is the reason the sower of the good seed told his servants to allow the wheat and tares to grow together until the harvest?
Home, country, family, money, time, worldly pleasures, bad habits, and sins.
What are things people have given up to be apart of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
100 pence
What is the amount the fellow servant owed to the first servent?
One Penny
What is the payment each group of laborers received?
Understands not the truth [ a hardened heart]
What kind of heart the wayside represents?
"The least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree,..."
What is the mustard seed?
Joseph Smith said, "Behold the seed of Joseph, spreading forth the gospel net upon the face of the earth, gathering of every kind, that the good maybe saved in vessels prepared for that purpose,..."
(they go out 2 by 2)
Who are the missionaries around the world?
Heavenly Father
Who is represented by the king in the parable?
Eternal Life
What is the meaning of the penny in the parable?
Cares of the world
What do the thorns represent?
President Joseph F. Smith said, "While it may be said, and it is in a measure true, that we are but a handful in comparison with our fellowmen in the world, yet we may be compared with the leaven of which the Savior spoke, that will eventually leaven the whole world".
How can the followers of Jesus Christ be likened to leaven?
Knowledge from the scriptures, guidance from living prophets, saving ordinances, and eternal marriage.
What are some blessings of the gospel?
US (people of this world)
Who are the servants in the parable?
"Shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life".
What will everyone who forsakes all to follow the Savior inherit?
To be changed and purified through His Atonement so that our beliefs, heart and life are in harmony with Heavenly Father's will and we are freed from the burden of sin.
What is the meaning of being converted to the Savior and healed?
The restored Church Of Jesus Christ will grow from a small beginning to fill the whole earth.
What is a principle we learn from the parables of the mustard seed and leaven?
Because the blessings of the gospel are of eternal value, they are worth any sacrifice.
What is a principle we learn from the parables of the treasure, pearl?
Treat with love the person who has offended or hurt us and to have no unkind feelings toward him or her.
What is the meaning of forgiveness?
God gives eternal life to all people who choose to make and keep sacred covenants with Him.
What is a principle taught by the parable?