3 And he spake to them much in parables, saying: Lo, went out the sower of the (seed) to sow.

4 And in the sowing it, some indeed fell on the path; and came the birds, and ate them.

5 Others and fell on the rocky ground where not it had earth much; and immediately sprung up, through the not to have a depth of earth;

6 sun and having arisen, it was scorched; and through the not have a root, was dried up.

7 Others and fell among the thorns; and sprung up the thorns, and coked them.

8 Others and fell on the ground the good; and bore fruit, the one a hundred, the other sixty, the other thirty.

9 He having ear to hear, let him hear.

3 He told them many illustrations. He said: »A farmer went out to sow.

4 »Some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds devoured them.

5 »Others fell on rocky places and did not have much soil.

6 »When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they had no root they withered and died.

7 »Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

8 »Some fell on good ground and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

9 »He that has ears let him hear.«