This portion of Scripture has three teaching sections and an encounter with Jesus’ family. The primary teaching is commonly referred to as the Parable of the Sower, but I prefer The Parable of the Soils. Jesus taught this parable to the crowd that was following Him from town to town. Later, His disciples asked Him to further explain the meaning of this parable. Jesus explained it citing that the disciples had “been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God.” After these two teaching sections, Jesus shared an additional parable highlighting the need to share the truths that they learned with others. The last part of our passage recounts how Jesus’ mother and half-brothers came to see Him, but Jesus did not stop His teaching to see them. This demonstrated how that Jesus’ priority was first and foremost His teaching ministry. According to other gospel accounts (cf. Mark 3:21; John 7:5), Jesus’ siblings—the children of Mary and Joseph—never supported Jesus’ ministry before His death and resurrection.