"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and birds from the sky ate them up.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

He presented another parable to them: "The kingdom from heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

"The owner's servants came and asked him, "Master, you sowed good seed in your field, didn't you? Then where did these weeds come from?'

He answered, "The person who sowed good seed is the Son of Man,

Now he who supplies seed to the farmer and bread to eat will also supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest that results from your righteousness.

Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, accept it, and produce crops 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown."

It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.

Others are like the seeds sown on the stony ground. When they hear the word, at once they joyfully accept it,

Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word,