The Sower Parable Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.Where did the sower sow seed?
- A. By the wayside, upon stony places, among thorns, and into good ground ✓
- B. Only in the field
- C. Only in the garden
- D. Only by the river
Answer: By the wayside, upon stony places, among thorns, and into good ground
Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up. Some fell upon stony places... And some fell among thorns... But other fell into good ground. (Matthew 13:3-8)
Q2.What happened to seed by the wayside?
- A. The fowls devoured them ✓
- B. They sprang up quickly
- C. They were choked
- D. They brought forth fruit
Answer: The fowls devoured them
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up. (Matthew 13:4)
Q3.Why did the seed on stony places wither away?
- A. Because they had no deepness of earth and were scorched by the sun ✓
- B. Because birds ate them
- C. Because thorns choked them
- D. Because of drought
Answer: Because they had no deepness of earth and were scorched by the sun
And some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. (Matthew 13:5-6)
Q4.What choked the seed among thorns?
- A. The cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches ✓
- B. Birds
- C. Heat
- D. Lack of water
Answer: The cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. (Matthew 13:7, 22)
Q5.What does the seed represent?
- A. The word of the kingdom ✓
- B. Money
- C. Children
- D. The church
Answer: The word of the kingdom
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. (Matthew 13:19)
Q6.Who catches away the seed sown by the wayside?
- A. The wicked one ✓
- B. The fowls of the air
- C. The thorns
- D. The sun
Answer: The wicked one
Then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. (Matthew 13:19)
Q7.What does the stony ground represent?
- A. He that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it, yet hath no root ✓
- B. He that never hears
- C. He that is rich
- D. He that is persecuted
Answer: He that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it, yet hath no root
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. (Matthew 13:20-21)
Q8.What does the good ground represent?
- A. He that heareth the word, and understandeth it, which also beareth fruit ✓
- B. He that is wealthy
- C. He that is educated
- D. He that is religious
Answer: He that heareth the word, and understandeth it, which also beareth fruit
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (Matthew 13:23)
Q9.What happens when tribulation arises because of the word in the stony ground hearer?
- A. He is offended ✓
- B. He grows stronger
- C. He shares the word
- D. He becomes a leader
Answer: He is offended
For when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. (Matthew 13:21)
Q10.What yields does the good ground bring forth?
- A. Some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty ✓
- B. All a hundredfold
- C. All thirtyfold
- D. All equally
Answer: Some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty
Which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (Matthew 13:23)