Mark 4:14

The sower soweth the word.

Jesus called this parable the "parable of the sower" (Matthew 13:18), thus making the emphasis to rest upon God's planting the earth with his truth, for the sower refers to God, and equally to the Son of God. It is not therefore "the parable of the soils," nor "the parable of the great harvest," nor "the parable of hindrances to the word," nor "the parable of the various fruitfulness of Christians," etc., although all such teachings are definitely in it. The great message is that the word of God still falls as seed upon all men, the enmity, hardness, or preoccupation of the vast majority being, in a sense, absolutely immaterial. There is always some good ground where God's purpose is achieved.