8. and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
9. And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?
10. And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
11. But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12. But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved.