3 Ja Ta rääkis neile palju tähendamissõnadega ning ütles: „Vaata, külvaja läks välja külvama.

4 Ja kui ta külvas, kukkus muist tee ääre, ja linnud tulid ja sõid selle ära.

5 Muist kukkus kaljuse maa peale, kus tal ei olnud palju mulda. Ja see tärkas ruttu, sest tal ei olnud sügavat maad.

6 Aga kui päike tõusis, kõrbes ta, ja et tal ei olnud juurt, kuivas ta ära.

7 Muist kukkus ohakate sekka ja ohakad tõusid ja lämmatasid selle.

8 Aga muist kukkus hea maa peale ja kandis vilja, mõni iva sada seemet, mõni kuuskümmend ja mõni kolmkümmend.

9 Kellel kõrvad on, see kuulgu!"

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.