1. And it happened that afterward also he was going about from one town and village to another preaching and proclaiming the good news concerning the kingdom of God, and the twelve were with him,
2. and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,
3. and Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod’s household manager), and Susanna, and many others who were helping to support them from their possessions.
4. And while a large crowd was gathering and they were going to him from town after town, he spoke by means of a parable:
5. “The sower went out to sow his seed, and while he was sowing, some seed fell on the side of the path and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
6. And other seed fell on the rock, and when it came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture.
7. And other seed fell in the midst of the thorn plants, and the thorn plants grew up with it and choked it.