Matthew 13:1-11 ▼

1 THEN the same day Jesus going out from the house, sat down near the sea.

2 And vast multitudes were gathered together unto him, insomuch that he entered into a vessel to be seated; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

3 And he spake unto them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow:

4 and as he was sowing, some seeds fell indeed by the road-side; and the birds came and ate them up:

5 and other seed fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

6 and when the sun arose, it was scorched up; and because it had no root, it withered away.

7 And other seeds fell among the thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them:

8 but others fell on good ground, and produced fruit, some an hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And when his disciples came, they said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

11 And he answered and said unto them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.