The Parable of the Sower Explained

¹⁸ “^(A)Hear then the parable of the sower. ¹⁹ When anyone hears ^(B)the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, ^(C)the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. ²⁰ And the one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; ²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he ^[a](D)falls away. ²² And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of ^(E)the ^[b]world and the ^(F)deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²³ And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some ^(G)a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”