7. And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8. But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
9. And He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
10. But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
11. And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,
12. so that‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,And hearing they may hear and not understand;Lest they should turn,And their sins be forgiven them.’ ”
13. And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?