17. and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.
18. And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,
19. and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20. And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
21. And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand?
22. For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
23. If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.
24. And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you: and more shall be given unto you.
25. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
26. And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
27. and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
28. The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.
29. But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30. And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?
31. It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
32. yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.