3 And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some seed fell alongside the road; and the birds came and devoured them.

5 But others fell on the stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.

6 But when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.

7 But others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them out.

8 But others fell on good ground and it was yielding fruit: some a hundred[fold], some sixty, some thirty.

9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"