Mark 4:3-9 is The Parable of The Sower, while Mark 4:10-20 is the explanation of the parable presented.
A heart that is not ready to change will not be changed. Soils that are hardened ground or rocky territory will not allow the Seed of The Word to take root. When that happens, false teachers and false doctrines come along and swoop down on a person's thoughts and heart, taking away the topsoil, where The Word lay, but did not enter.
A heart that is ready to change cannot do it on its own. Any effort made to be a better person will soon fail on some level. You and I can be good according to this world's standards of goodness and still fall short of God's definition of good. Way short.
It is only when we want what God has to offer that we turn to Him and ask for this change to happen. We cannot stumble or fall into grace; we must make a conscious informed decision to receive salvation through God's plan of salvation: Jesus Christ.
"Believe on The Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, and your house." Acts 16:31 (HCSB) See, The Promise of Salvation is not just for us, but for our households, our families and our helpers. "If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9 (ISV)
It is only then, when The Seed is in our hearts, that the change we have desired to see in ourselves begins to take place.
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