3 Jesus contou várias parábolas, como esta:

"Um lavrador saiu para semear. 4 Enquanto espalhava as sementes pelo campo, algumas caíram à beira do caminho, e as aves vieram e as comeram. 5 Outras sementes caíram em solo rochoso e, não havendo muita terra, germinaram rapidamente, 6 mas as plantas logo murcharam sob o calor do sol e secaram, pois não tinham raízes profundas. 7 Outras sementes caíram entre espinhos, que cresceram e sufocaram os brotos. 8 Ainda outras caíram em solo fértil e produziram uma colheita trinta, sessenta e até cem vezes maior que a quantidade semeada. 9 Quem é capaz de ouvir, ouça com atenção!".

3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.

5 But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil.

6 But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.

7 And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

8 But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

9 He who has ears, let him hear.