Matthew 13:1-9 ▼

1 On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

2 And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

3 He told them many things in parables, saying: |Listen! A sower went out to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

9 The one who has ears had better listen!|