9. And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10. When Yeshua was alone, those around Him with the Twelve started asking Him about the parables.
11. And He told them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God. But for those who are outside, everything is in parables, so that
12. ‘Seeing, they may see and not perceive, and hearing, they may hear and not understand, so they may not turn back and be forgiven.’”
13. He said to them, “Don’t you grasp this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
14. The sower sows the word.
15. These are the ones beside the road where the word is sown. Whenever they hear, satan comes quickly and takes away the word that has been sown in them.
16. “These are the ones sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.
17. And they have no root in themselves but last only a short while. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
18. “And others are the ones sown among the thorns. They have heard the word;
19. but the worries of the world, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.