Matthew 13:3-14

3And He spoke many things to them in 1parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. 5Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. 6But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7Others fell 2among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. 8And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a 3hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 94He who has ears, 5let him hear.”

10And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 116Jesus answered them, “7To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. 128For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. 13Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while 9seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 1410In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘1112You will keep on hearing, 13but will not understand; 14You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;