3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

3 Og han talte meget til dem i lignelser og sa: Se, en såmann gikk ut for å så,

4 og da han sådde, falt noget ved veien; og fuglene kom og åt det op.

5 Og noget falt på stengrunn, hvor det ikke hadde meget jord; og det kom snart op, fordi det ikke hadde dyp jord;

6 men da solen gikk op, blev det avsvidd, og da det ikke hadde rot, visnet det.

7 Og noget falt blandt torner, og tornene skjøt op og kvalte det.

8 Og noget falt i god jord; og det bar frukt, noget hundre fold, og noget seksti fold, og noget tretti fold.

9 Den som har ører, han høre!