The Parable of the Sower

^4 (A)Now when a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable: ⁵ “The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the ^[a]air ate it up. ⁶ And other seed fell on rock and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷ And other seed fell among the thorns, and when the thorns grew up with it, they choked it out. ⁸ And other seed fell into the good soil; and growing up, it produced a crop one hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, “^(B)He who has ears to hear, ^[b]let him hear.”