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

¹ That day Jesus left the house and sat by the seashore. ² Large crowds gathered to him. He entered a boat while the crowd stood on the shore.

³ He told them many illustrations. He said: A farmer went out to sow. ⁴ Some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds devoured them. ⁵ Others fell on rocky places and did not have much soil. ⁶ When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they had no root they withered and died. ⁷ Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. ⁸ Some fell on good ground and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He that has ears let him hear.

¹ Again he taught a very great crowd by the seaside. He sat in a boat while the crowd was on the land. ² He taught them many things by illustrations and said to them: ³ Listen, the sower went out to sow. ⁴ As he sowed some seed fell by the road and the birds came and devoured it. ⁵ Other seed fell on the rocky ground and did not have good soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it had no good soil ⁶ it became scorched when the sun came up. Then it withered because it had no root. ⁷ Some seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked it so it could yield no fruit. ⁸ Others fell on good ground and yielded fruit. It grew up, increased and produced thirty fold, and sixty fold, and a hundred fold. ⁹ He continued: He who has ears to hear let him hear.

⁴ A great crowd came to him from every city. He spoke to them with an illustration: ⁵ The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed some fell by the side of the road. It was trampled under foot and the birds of heaven devoured it. ⁶ Other seed fell on the rock. As soon as it grew it withered away because it had no moisture. ⁷ Still other seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew with it, and choked it. ⁸ Other seed fell on the good ground. It grew and produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried. He said: He who has ears to hear let him hear.