2. And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.
3. He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
4. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
5. Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.
6. But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.
7. Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.
8. But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
9. The one who has ears had better listen!”
10. Then the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”