Matthew 13:3-9 ▼

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

4 And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.

5 Then others fell in a rocky place, where they did not have much soil. And they sprung up promptly, because they had no depth of soil.

6 But when the sun rose up, they were scorched, and because they had no roots, they withered.

7 Still others fell among thorns, and the thorns increased and suffocated them.

8 Yet some others fell upon good soil, and they produced fruit: some one hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold.

9 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”