And he said, "So is the kingdom of God, even as if a man should sow seed in the ground,

And it happened that while [he] was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

He who is sowing doth sow the word;

Hear ye; behold, he sowing went out to sow:

And like the sowing upon 'stony ground' are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,

These are they that received seed by the wayside, where the word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,

But the people meant by the seed sown on the good ground are those who hear the Message, and welcome it, and yield a return, thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold."

And other seed fell into good soil, and as the plants grew and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundred times [as much as had been sown].”

Teacher, Moses wrote to us, "If a mans brother die, and leave a wife and no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother."

There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

And the second took her and died, leaving no seed; and the third likewise.

And the seven left no seed. Last of all, the woman also died.

and should sleep and rise up night and day: and the seed should spring, and grow up while he is not aware.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.