Matthew 13:1–9

The Parable of the Sower

13:1–15pp—Mk 4:1–12; Lk 8:4–10
13:16,17pp—Lk 10:23, 24
13:18–23pp—Mk 4:13–20; Lk 8:11–15

13 That same day Jesus went out of the houseu and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boatv and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred,w sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”x