Matthew 13:1-9 ▼

1 That day Jesus left the house and sat down beside the sea.

2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.

3 Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, |Listen! A farmer went out to sow.

4 As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

5 Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep.

6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

7 Other seeds fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew higher and choked them out.

8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.

9 Let the person who has ears listen!|