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

¹ AND on that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. ² And great multitudes came together to him; and he went into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the shore.

³ And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying; Behold, a sower went out to sow; ⁴ and as he sowed, some fell by the way, and the birds came and devoured it. ⁵ And some fell on rocky places, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had no depth of earth; ⁶ and when the sun arose it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up. ⁷ And some fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it. ⁸ But some fell on good ground, and bore fruit; some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty-fold. ⁹ He that has ears let him hear.

¹ AND again he taught by the lake; and a very great multitude came together to him, so that entering into a ship he sat on the lake, and all the multitude were by the lake on the land. ² And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them, in his teaching, ³ Hear! behold a sower went out to sow; ⁴ and in sowing, some fell on the way, and the birds came and devoured it. ⁵ And some fell on a rocky place, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had no depth of earth; ⁶ and when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up. ⁷ And some fell among thorns; and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. ⁸ And some fell on good ground, and produced fruit, growing up and increasing, and bore one thirty, one sixty, and one a hundred. ⁹ And he said, He that has ears, let him hear.

⁴ And a great multitude having come together, and persons having come to him from every city, he said in a parable, ⁵ A sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the birds of heaven devoured it; ⁶ and some fell on the rock, and springing up it was dried up, because it had no moisture; ⁷ and some fell in the midst of thorns, and the thorns springing up choked it; ⁸ and some fell on good ground, and growing up bore fruit a hundred fold. Having said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.