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Updated: October 23, 2026
The parable names three operations: Ploughing, which is preparation; Sowing, or casting in germinating principles; Threshing, which is effected by tribulation, a word which means driving a 'tribulum' or threshing-sedge over ears of grain. So sorrow is indispensable for our perfecting. By it earthly affections are winnowed away, and our dependence on God increased.