The Parable of the Sower and Christ the Good Shepherd

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1947 Three-light window, with figure of Christ the Good Shepherd in the central light, and four scenes with texts below illustrating the parable of the sower either side. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls Church of St David and St Cyfelach, Llangyfelach, Swansea north wall of the nave Texts: 'A sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed Some fell among thorns and the thorns sprang up and choked it some fell on the wayside and the fowls of the air devoured it And other fell on good ground and sprang up and bare fruit an hundredfold.' Given in memory of Matthew Thomas, Churchwarden 1933-1945, and his wife Harriet.  (ObjectID=1494 ImageID=2801) Original File Name=_MG_5238.jpg

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• Christ as Good Shepherd  [John 10:1-18]
• the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd - parable of the good shepherd  [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7]
• the sower - parable of Christ  [Matthew 13:3-9; Mark 4:3-9; Luke 8:5-8]

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 386.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales