9. And He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
10. And when He was alone, those about Him, with the twelve, asked Him about the parable.
11. And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the secret of the reign of Elohim, but to those who are outside, all are done in parables,
12. so that ‘seeing they see but do not perceive, and hearing they hear but do 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 shall you understand all the parables?
14. “The sower sows the word.
15. “These, then, are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. And when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16. “And likewise these are the ones sown on rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,
17. and they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. Then when pressure or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
18. “And others are those sown among thorns, these are they who hear the word,