The Parable of the Sower

⁴ And while^[a] a large crowd was gathering and they were going to him from town after town, he spoke by means of a parable: ⁵ “The sower went out to sow his seed, and while he was sowing, some seed^[b] fell on the side of the path and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. ⁶ And other seed fell on the rock, and when it^[c] came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture. ⁷ And other seed fell in the midst of the thorn plants, and the thorn plants grew up with it^[d] and^[e] choked it. ⁸ And other seed fell on the good soil, and when it^[f] came up, it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he^[g] said these things, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!”