Luke 8:1-8 ▼

1 After this, Jesus traveled from one city and village to another, preaching and spreading the good news about God's kingdom. The Twelve were with him,

2 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses: Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

3 Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others. These women continued to support them out of their personal resources.

4 Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:

5 |A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and birds from the sky ate them up.

6 Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.

7 Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew with them and choked them.

8 But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced 100 times as much as was planted.| As he said this, he called out, |Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!|