Mark 4:1-9 ▼

1 And again He began to teach by the seaside. And there is gathered to Him a very great multitude, so that He, having entered into a boat, was sitting in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.

2 And He taught them many things in parables, and said to them in His teaching,

3 "Hearken! behold the sower went forth to sow.

4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.

5 And other fell on the rocky ground where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because of not having depth of earth;

6 and, when the sun rose, it was scorched; and, because it had no root, it was dried up.

7 And other fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

8 And others fell into the good ground, and were yielding fruit, springing up and growing; and bore, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold."

9 And He said, "He that has ears to hear, let him hear."