Goodspeed(i)
9 His disciples asked him what this figure meant.
10 And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but they are given to others in the form of figures, so that they may look and yet not see, and hear and yet not understand.
11 This is what the figure means. The seed is God's message.
12 The ones by the path are those who hear, and then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.
13 The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back.
14 And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing.
15 But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.