22. The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced.
23. The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”
24. Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field.
25. But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away.