Matthew 13:18

“You, then, listen to the parable of the sower:

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?

“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

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Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

The sower sows the word.