Matthew 13:1–15

The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.

²And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.

³And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

⁴And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.

⁵And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

⁶And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.

⁷And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.

⁸And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.

⁹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁰And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

¹¹Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.

¹²For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.

¹³Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

¹⁴And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.

¹⁵For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.