3. And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.
4. And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.
5. Then others fell in a rocky place, where they did not have much soil. And they sprung up promptly, because they had no depth of soil.
6. But when the sun rose up, they were scorched, and because they had no roots, they withered.
7. Still others fell among thorns, and the thorns increased and suffocated them.