Matthew 13:2-9

2And large crowds gathered around Him; so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore.

3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.

4As he was scattering the seed, some seeds fell by the road; and the birds came and ate them up.

5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil. They sprang up immediately, because the soil wasn’t deep.

6But when the sun came up, they were scorched; and because they had no roots, they withered away.

7Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew and choked them out.

8But others fell on good soil and were producing fruit. They yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

9He who has ears, let him hear.”