3 He taught the people many things by telling them stories. He said, Listen, a man went out to sow some seed.

4 As he sowed it, some of the seed fell on the road. Birds came and ate the seed.

5 Some seed fell on the stony ground. Not much earth covered the stones. The seed started to grow right away because it was not deep in the ground.

6 When the sun began to shine, it was too hot for the new plants. They died because they had no roots.

7 Some seed fell among the weeds. The weeds grew up and made the new plants die.

8 But some seed fell on good ground. The seed grew and the plants gave more seed. Some plants gave thirty seeds. Some gave sixty. And some gave a hundred.

9 Everyone who has ears, listen!