16. And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness.
17. But they have no root in themselves, and so they are for a limited time. And when next tribulation and persecution arises because of the word, they quickly fall away.
18. And there are others who are sown among thorns. These are those who hear the word,
19. but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.
20. And there are those who are sown upon good soil, who hear the word and accept it; and these bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred."
21. And he said to them: "Would someone enter with a lamp in order to place it under a basket or under a bed? Would it not be placed upon a lampstand?
22. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Neither was anything done in secret, except that it may be made public.
23. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24. And he said to them: "Consider what you hear. With whatever measure you have measured out, it shall be measured back to you, and more shall be added to you.