[13:1] That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
[13:2] And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
[13:3] And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
[13:4] And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
[13:5] Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,
[13:6] but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.
[13:7] Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
[13:8] Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
[13:9] He who has ears, let him hear.”