3 Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow;

4 and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.

5 Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;

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

7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.

8 But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

9 He who has ears, let him hear!"