Mark 41 He began to teach again by the sea And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
2 and He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
3 Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 "Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
6 "And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 "Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8 "Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
9 And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
10 As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.
11 And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,
12 so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they man hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven.”
13 And He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
14 "The sower sows the word.
15 "These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
16 "In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;
17 and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
18 "And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,
19 but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20 "And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
This is Binham Priory, built in 1100 A.D by Pierre de Valoines, nephew of William the Conqueror. Today Binham Priory’s surviving nave is an engaging & inspiring place of worship known as The Priory Church of St. Mary & the Holy Cross. After Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1540, Edward Paston began to demolish the church to build a new manor house. During the demolition a workman was killed, this was considered an omen and the demolition ceased.
Paul wrote, inspired by the Holy Spirit, that He would look at the circumstances, or seeds, in life and wait with contentment to see what God would do with events to use them to His Glory.
In the summer months, services are held at the open air altar. The ruin of Binham Priory and its rolling landscape is a glorious and inspiring site, possessing an immense and wonderful spirit of peace. People from all over England & the world come to Binham. Professional musicans volunteer and the music is a collaboration of many different talented people giving their time and effort to this place where a seed was planted and the word of God is still celebrated.
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