2. And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
3. "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
4. as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
5. Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
6. And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7. Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8. Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
9. And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
10. As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.
11. And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,
12. so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven."
13. And He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
14. The sower sows the word.
15. These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.