And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

But other seed fell on good soil and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

But other seed fell on good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred."

To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."