Mark 4:2-20

2And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,

3Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

4And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.

5And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out [of the ground] because it had no depth of earth;

6and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.

7And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

8And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

9And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

10And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him [as to] the parables.

11And he said to them, To you is given [to know] the mystery of the kingdom of 1God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,

12that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.

13And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?

14The sower sows the word:

15and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

16And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

17and they have no root in themselves, but are for a time: then, tribulation arising, or persecution on account of the word, immediately they are offended.

18And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word,

19and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

20And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred [fold].