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

¹ Now on the same day, Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side: ² and many people were gathered together to bear Him, so that He went into a ship and sat down, and all the multitude stood upon the shore; and He spake to them many things in parables,

³ saying, "Behold a sower went out to sow; ⁴ and as he was sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate them up: ⁵ some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they soon sprung up indeed, because they had no depth of earth; ⁶ but when the sun rose, they were burnt up, and withered; because they had no root: ⁷ and others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them: ⁸ but others fell on good ground, and yielded fruit, some an hundred-fold, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

¹ And He began to teach again by the sea-side, and there was gathered unto Him a great multitude; so that He went into a ship, and sat on board, and all the people were by the sea, upon the shore. ² And He taught them many things by similitudes, and said to them in his instruction, ³ hearken, Behold a sower went out to sow: ⁴ and in sowing, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate it up: ⁵ and some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and it sprang up immediately, because it had not depth of earth; ⁶ but when the sun rose, it was burnt up, and withered because it had no root: ⁷ and some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit: ⁸ and other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit springing up and increasing; and produced some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred-fold. ⁹ And He said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴ And when a great multitude was gathered together, of those that came to Him out of every city, He spake a parable saying, ⁵ A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he was sowing, some fell by the way-side, and was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it. ⁶ And some fell upon stony ground, and as soon as it sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷ And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. ⁸ But some fell on good ground, and sprang up and yielded fruit an hundred-fold. And as He said these things He cried out, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."