The Parable of the Sower from the Gospel of Luke in the Bible shows that while not everyone may accept faith messages, sometimes the "seed" will land on good soil and produce fruit.

A brilliant setting sun illuminates a field as a farmer walks toward the right, sowing seeds. Leo referred to Christ’s Parable of the Sower, a story in the Gospel that speaks to the need to do good ...

Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland’s ‘Parable of the Sower,’ 1917-19, Lutheran church of Borgestad, near Oslo, Norway. Virginia Raguin Some seeds fall on stony ground and cannot take root, a ...

Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland’s ‘Parable of the Sower,’ 1917-19, Lutheran church of Borgestad, near Oslo, Norway. Virginia Raguin Some seeds fall on stony ground and cannot take root, a ...

Other artists, including the Norwegian Emanuel Vigeland, explicitly depicted the Parable of the Sower. Vigeland’s series of stained-glass windows in an Oslo church explains each passage’s meaning.