9. And His taught ones were asking Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”
10. And He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the reign of Elohim, but to the rest in parables, that ‘Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not understand.’
11. “And this is the parable: The seed is the word of Elohim.
12. “And those by the wayside are the ones who hear, then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, lest having believed, they should be saved.