3 Then he discoursed to them of many things in parables.

4 The sower, said he, went out to sow; and, in sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked them up:

5 some fell on rocky ground, where they had but little earth: these sprang up the sooner, because the soil had no depth:

6 but after the sun had beat upon them, they were scorched, and having no root, withered away.

7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked them.

8 Others fell into good ground, and yielded increase, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold.

9 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.