^13 (A)And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? ^14 (B)The sower sows ^(C)the word. ¹⁵ And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. ¹⁶ And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it ^(D)with joy. ¹⁷ And they have no root in themselves, but ^(E)endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately ^(F)they fall away.^{[a] 18} And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, ¹⁹ but ^(G)the cares of ^(H)the world and ^(I)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. ²⁰ But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and ^(J)bear fruit, ^(K)thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

A Lamp Under a Basket

^21 (L)And he said to them, ^(M)“Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? ^22 (N)For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. ^23 (O)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” ²⁴ And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: ^(P)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. ^25 (Q)For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”