7. Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorny plants grew and choked them.
8. Other seed fell on good soil and bore fruit, in one case a yield of one hundred to one, in another case a yield of sixty to one, and in another case a yield of thirty to one.
9. Everyone who has ears should pay attention."
10. Jesus’ disciples came and said to him, "Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowds?"
11. Jesus replied, “Because they haven’t received the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but you have.
12. For those who have will receive more and they will have more than enough. But as for those who don’t have, even the little they have will be taken away from them.
13. This is why I speak to the crowds in parables: although they see, they don’t really see; and although they hear, they don’t really hear or understand.