3. And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager; and Susanna; and many others, who ministered to and provided for Him and them out of their property and personal belongings.
4. And when a very great throng was gathering together and people from town after town kept coming to Jesus, He said in a parable:
5. A sower went out to sow seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the traveled path and was trodden underfoot, and the birds of the air ate it up.
6. And some [seed] fell on the rock, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away because it had no moisture.