Matthew 13:1-9 ▼

1 That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

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 beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.

5 |Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

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

7 |Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.

8 |And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

9 |He who has ears, let him hear.|