"While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 'A farmer went out to sow his seed.'" (Luke 8:4-5a) Reading the parable of the soils in Luke's gospel, I'm surprised by the final sentence of Jesus' explanation of that parable to the disciples: "As …
The Harvest is Plentiful: a reflection on Matthew 9
The harvest is plentiful:the demon-possessed by the tombs in the Gadarenes,the paralytic lowered through the roof,the tax collector cast-offs like Matthew,the girl who died and her grieving parents,the woman with the twelve-year hemorrhage,the blind men looking for sight,the man with demonically-caused muteness,the crowds listening at the seaside,the unnamed afflicted and sick and hungry... The harvest …
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Matthew Erickson 