Living_Oracles(i)
3 Then he discoursed to them of many things in parables.
4 The sower, said he, went out to sow; and, in sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked them up:
5 some fell on rocky ground, where they had but little earth: these sprang up the sooner, because the soil had no depth:
6 but after the sun had beat upon them, they were scorched, and having no root, withered away.
7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked them.
8 Others fell into good ground, and yielded increase, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold.
9 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 Then the disciples addressed him, saying, Why do you speak to them in parables?
11 He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven.