Matthew 13:3-9

3Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

4As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

5Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.

6But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.

7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it.

8Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

9Let anyone who has ears listen.”