He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

The farmer sows the word.

He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,