Matthew 13:1-9 ▼

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea.

2 And many multitudes came together to him, so that he went into a ship and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way: and the birds came and ate them up.

5 Others fell on stony places, where they had not much earth; and they immediately sprung up, because they had no depth of earth.

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

7 Others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked them.

8 Others fell upon good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty.

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