Mark 4:10–20

¹⁰And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him as to the parables. ¹¹And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables, ¹²that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven. ¹³And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables? ¹⁴The sower sows the word: ¹⁵and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. ¹⁶And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy, ¹⁷and they have no root in themselves, but are for a time: then, tribulation arising, or persecution on account of the word, immediately they are offended. ¹⁸And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word, ¹⁹and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred fold.