Luke 8:4–13

⁴And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable: ⁵The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up; ⁶and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture; ⁷and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it choked it; ⁸and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be? ¹⁰And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. ¹¹But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹²But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved. ¹³But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.