Luke 8:4-10

41Now when a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable: 5“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up. 6Other seed fell on rocky soil, and when it came up, it withered away because it had no moisture. 7Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. 8And yet other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as much.” As He said these things, He would call out, “2The one who has ears to hear, 3let him hear.”

94Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable 5meant. 10And He said, “6To you it has been granted to know the 7mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest they are told in parables, so that 89while seeing they may not see, and 10while hearing they may not understand.