Matthew 13

The sower

1That same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the sea. 2Large crowds gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat there while the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3He told them many things in parables: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4As he sowed, some seeds fell beside the path, and birds came and ate them. 5Others fell on rocky ground with little soil. They sprouted at once because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun rose, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered. 7Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 8Others fell on good soil and produced a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9Let anyone with ears listen.”