Every method, Jesus used, <br />When people stood confused. <br />Some listeners, he commanded. <br />Others, he reprimanded. <br /> <br />He quoted many examples, <br />And told a lot of parables. <br />He used many words simple <br />To convince those people. <br /> <br />'Why do you use the parable, <br />When you talk to all people? ' <br />The disciples asked Jesus. <br />To know, they were curious. <br /> <br />Jesus said, 'You're fortunate <br />To know all the secrets <br />Of the kingdom of heaven, <br />To you, what I've given.' <br /> <br />'They look, but do not see. <br />They listen, but like a tree, <br />Do not hear or understand <br />In a crowd, when they stand.' <br /> <br />PARABLE OF SEEDS AND WEEDS <br /> <br />'Listen, and then learn <br />The message, what I mean, <br />Thro' the parable of Seeds <br />Which grew up with weeds.' <br /> <br />'A man sowed good seeds. <br />In between grew, bad weeds. <br />At the time of harvest, <br />He pulled the weeds and burnt.' <br /> <br />'He reaped all the corns <br />And stored them in barns. <br />To heaven, goes a good man. <br />But to hell, goes the bad one.' <br /> <br />'When seeds were thrown, <br />Some seeds fell on stone. <br />They never grew up, <br />But soon dried up.' <br /> <br />'In bushes, some seeds fell, <br />But they didn't grow well, <br />As they got choked and died, <br />As they couldn't grow inside.' <br /> <br />'Some landed in good soil. <br />Later, they bore fruits well. <br />People also reacted like this <br />When he said such stories.' <br /> <br />To impress all the people <br />He told them a parable <br />Like this, whenever he sat <br />With the crowd, he met. <br /> <br />While many were convinced, <br />No interest some men evinced, <br />But criticized all his actions, <br />Calling his parables, mere fictions.<br /><br />Simple Simon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/j17-jesus-as-a-preacher/
