07/10/2026
So our sower sows so-so. So what?
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JOKE-OGRAPHY:
In this Bible story (Matthew 13), a crowd gathers to hear Jesus teach, so He tells them a bunch of parables about the Good News and the Kingdom of God. He says He's teaching in parables because their hidden meanings will reveal themselves to those who are ready to hear, but conceal themselves from those who are not. In the first parable He tells, a sower (someone who plants seed) is sowing seed in fertile soil, but he's tossing seed so generously that some also lands on ground that's not ideal for planting -- places where it'll be eaten by birds, or unable to grow deep roots, or choked by thorns. When Jesus explains the parable later, He says the seed represents the Word of the Kingdom of God; the fertile soil represents souls ready to hear it, take it in, and put it into practice; and the other soils represent souls who are in some way deficient in their reception or dedication to the Word.
In this cartoon, Jesus tells the parable, which is somewhat summarized for the sake of flow. A man in the crowd listens and is confused by the sower's over-abundant sowing because, despite the fact that some of the seed lands on fertile soil, he's also wasting some on soil that won't properly receive it. Of course, with the knowledge of the meaning BEHIND the parable, we realize that the man is, without realizing, critiquing the real sower (Jesus) for wasting seed (the Word of the Kingdom through His teachings) on soil that won't properly receive it (the man, himself). It's terribly ironic, and that makes it funny. Do not question me.
