Matthew 13:2–11

²and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand, ³and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: ‘Lo, the sower went forth to sow, ⁴and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them, ⁵and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth, ⁶and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered, ⁷and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them, ⁸and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.’ ¹⁰And the disciples having come near, said to him, ‘Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?’ ¹¹And he answering said to them that—‘To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,