Free printable Bible coloring page

A Farmer Scatters Seed

Matthew 13:1–23

The Big Idea

Jesus used a farmer’s seeds to teach about hearing and understanding.

The Bible Story

The Parable of the Sower

Jesus told a parable about seed falling beside a path, on rocky ground, among thorns, and on good soil. He later explained how these different outcomes pictured responses to the word of the kingdom. The farmer is a character in the parable, not a separately named Bible person.

Look closely

What children can notice

Jesus told a parable about seed falling beside a path, on rocky ground, among thorns, and on good soil. He later explained how these different outcomes pictured responses to the word of the kingdom. The farmer is a character in the parable, not a separately named Bible person.

Talk together

Talk about it

  • What does the Bible passage tell us that a picture cannot show?

For families, church, and class

Use this page

Read Matthew 13:3–9; 18–23 together before coloring. What happened to the seeds in the different kinds of ground?

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