[4:13] Then Jesus asked them, “Don't you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable?
[4:14] The sower sows God's message.
[4:15] Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away.
[4:16] Other people are like the seeds that fall on rocky ground. As soon as they hear the message, they receive it gladly.
[4:17] But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.
[4:18] Other people are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the ones who hear the message,
[4:19] but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
[4:20] But other people are like seeds sown in good soil. They hear the message, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.”