13. And he said to them: "Do you not understand this parable? And so, how will you understand all the parables?
14. He who sows, sows the word.
15. Now there are those who are along the way, where the word is sown. And when they have heard it, Satan quickly comes and takes away the word, which was sown in their hearts.
16. And similarly, there are those who were sown upon stony ground. These, when they have heard the word, immediately accept it with gladness.
17. But they have no root in themselves, and so they are for a limited time. And when next tribulation and persecution arises because of the word, they quickly fall away.
18. And there are others who are sown among thorns. These are those who hear the word,
19. but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.
20. And there are those who are sown upon good soil, who hear the word and accept it; and these bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred."
21. And he said to them: "Would someone enter with a lamp in order to place it under a basket or under a bed? Would it not be placed upon a lampstand?
22. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Neither was anything done in secret, except that it may be made public.
23. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24. And he said to them: "Consider what you hear. With whatever measure you have measured out, it shall be measured back to you, and more shall be added to you.
25. For whoever has, to him it shall be given. And whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away."
26. And he said: "The kingdom of God is like this: it is as if a man were to cast seed on the land.
27. And he sleeps and he arises, night and day. And the seed germinates and grows, though he does not know it.
28. For the earth bears fruit readily: first the plant, then the ear, next the full grain in the ear.