"Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission.

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.

As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once,

Ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground,

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

But the one who received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and buried his master's money.

Since I was afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here, take what's yours!'

So they decided to use the money to buy the Potter's Field as a burial ground for foreigners.