17. Amen, I tell you, many a prophet and tzaddik longed to see what you are seeing and did not see, and to hear what you are hearing and did not hear.”
18. “You then, hear the parable of the sower.
19. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one having been sown along the road.
20. “The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.