5. Other seed fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They sprouted immediately because the soil wasn’t deep.
6. When the sun came up, it scorched the plants; and they dried up because they had no roots.
7. Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorny plants grew and choked the seeds, and they produced nothing.
8. Other seed fell into good soil and bore fruit. Upon growing and increasing, the seed produced in one case a yield of thirty to one, in another case a yield of sixty to one, and in another case a yield of one hundred to one."
9. He said, "Whoever has ears to listen should pay attention!"
10. When they were alone, the people around Jesus, along with the Twelve, asked him about the parables.
11. He said to them, “The secret of God’s kingdom has been given to you, but to those who are outside everything comes in parables.
12. This is so that they can look and see but have no insight, and they can hear but not understand. Otherwise, they might turn their lives around and be forgiven.
13. "Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
14. The farmer scatters the word.
15. This is the meaning of the seed that fell on the path: When the word is scattered and people hear it, right away Satan comes and steals the word that was planted in them.