Matthew 13:1-9 - The Parable Of The Sower

¹ On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside. ² And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

³ And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth; ⁴ And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food: ⁵ And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep: ⁶ And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead. ⁷ And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth: ⁸ And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much. ⁹ He who has ears, let him give ear.

¹ And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside. ² And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear: ³ A man went out to put seed in the earth: ⁴ And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food. ⁵ And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep: ⁶ And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead. ⁷ And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit. ⁸ And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much. ⁹ And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

⁴ And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story: ⁵ A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven. ⁶ And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water. ⁷ And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth. ⁸ And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.