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

¹ That day Jesus left the house and sat down beside the sea. ² Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.

³ Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow. ⁴ As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up. ⁵ Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep. ⁶ But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up. ⁷ Other seeds fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew higher and choked them out. ⁸ But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown. ⁹ Let the person who has ears listen!"

¹ Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore. ² He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said, ³ "Listen! A farmer went out to sow. ⁴ As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up. ⁵ Others fell on stony ground, where they didn't have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once, because the soil wasn't deep. ⁶ But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they didn't have any roots, they dried up. ⁷ Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they didn't produce anything. ⁸ But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown." ⁹ He added, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

⁴ Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable: ⁵ "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and birds from the sky ate them up. ⁶ Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture. ⁷ Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew with them and choked them. ⁸ But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced 100 times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"