Luke 8:4-18

4And when a large crowd was gathering and those from various towns were traveling to Him, He spoke by means of a parable.

5“The sower went out to spread his seed. As he sowed, some fell beside the road and was trampled; and the birds of the air ate it up.

6And other seed fell on rock; when it came up, that seed withered away because it had no moisture.

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

8And other seed fell into the good soil; and when it came up, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” While saying these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

9Now His disciples were asking Him what this parable meant.

10Then Yeshua said to them, “To you has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others it is given in parables, in order that ‘Seeing, they may not see, and hearing, they may not understand.’

11“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.

12Those beside the road are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved.

13But those on the rocky places are the ones who, when they hear, accept the word with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a season, and in a time of testing fall away.

14Now that which fell into the thorns are those who were hearing; but as they go along the way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear mature fruit.

15But the seed in the good soil are those with a praiseworthy and good heart, who have heard the word and hold it fast and bear fruit with patient endurance.

16“Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it with some object or places it under a bed. But he puts it on a lampstand so that all those who enter may be able to see the light.

17For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor secret that shall not be known and come into open view.

18So pay attention how you listen. For whoever has, to him more will be given. And whoever does not have, even what he supposes he has will be taken away from him.”