Matthew 13:10–23

¹⁰And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? ¹¹He answered and said unto them, Because ^jit is given unto you ^kto know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ^12lFor whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even ^mthat he hath. ¹³Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. ¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, ⁿBy hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: ¹⁵For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears ^oare dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should ^oobe converted, and I should heal them. ^16pBut ^qblessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. ¹⁷For verily I say unto you, ^rThat many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. ^18sHear ye therefore the parable of the sower. ¹⁹When any one heareth the word ^tof the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh ^uthe wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. ²⁰But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and ^wanon ^xwith joy receiveth it; ²¹Yet hath he not root in himself, but ^ydureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, ^yyby and by ^zhe is offended. ²²He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and ^athe care of this world, and the deceitfulness of ^briches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. ²³But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.