Here is a summary of Ellen G. White's commentary and references to Matthew 13:1-23, which contains the parable of the sower: - The parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23) is used by Christ to illustrate the work of the great Husbandman for His people. The sower represents Christ, who scatters the heavenly grain of truth. The parable itself is the seed, and its teaching is meant to lead minds from natural seed to the gospel seed, which brings people back to loyalty to God. (See Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 33) - The parable is simple, yet profound, and has not always been valued as it should be. The same laws that govern earthly seed sowing also govern the sowing of the seeds of truth. (COL 33) - Jesus explained that He spoke in parables because many hearts had not received the truth, and it had been quickly taken away. He said, “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.... For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed.” (Matthew 13:13-15, COL 20.2) - The parable of the sower excited much questioning among the hearers, some of whom realized that Christ was not to establish an earthly kingdom. Christ used other illustrations to turn their thoughts from a worldly kingdom to the work of God's grace in the soul. (COL 62) - The sower and the seed parable is also described in The Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 2, p. 232, where it is noted that Jesus, after a night of prayer, taught the multitude by the seaside, using a boat as His pulpit due to the crowd. - The sower is identified as the Son of man, and Christ came not as a king, but as a sower, to scatter seed and point His followers to a harvest gathered after patient toil, not to earthly triumphs. (COL 35.1) If you would like the full text of any specific passage or a more detailed explanation from Ellen White’s writings, please let me know! References: - White, E. G. (1900). Christ’s Object Lessons, pp. 20, 33, 35, 62. - White, E. G. (1877). The Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 2, p. 232.