from New Testament Class Member Study Guide, page 7

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  What is the meaning of the parable of the sower? (See Matthew 13:3–8, 18–23.) 

• Why do you think the parable focuses more on the ground than on the sower or the seed?
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  What invitation did Jesus extend after he presented the parable of the sower? (See Matthew 13:9.) 
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• What do you think the word hear means in this invitation? 
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• What does it mean to see but see not and to hear but hear not? (See Matthew 13:13–15.)

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  [T]he parables of the mustard seed and the leaven are about The Church of Jesus Christ   (see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 98–100). How have you seen the work of God increase as illustrated by these parables?