A frequent misinterpretation treats the sower as any human preacher or evangelist scattering gospel seeds through personal efforts, detached from the parable's context of divine initiation and eschatological judgment, or assumes the good seed refers literally to moral actions rather than regenerate people destined for the kingdom, ignoring the coexistence of wheat and tares until Christ's return separates them.
Matthew 13:37
King James Version (1769)
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
In Jesus' explanation of the parable of the wheat and tares, He identifies Himself as the Son of Man who sows the good seed, representing the genuine children of the kingdom planted in the world to grow alongside the enemy's tares until the end-time harvest, emphasizing His sovereign role in establishing and nurturing true believers amid spiritual opposition.