MLV(i)
1 And again he began to teach beside the sea. And a large crowd was gathered together to him, so-that having stepped onto the ship, he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were next to the sea upon the land.
2 And he was teaching them many things in parables and said to them in his teaching, 3 Listen : behold, the sower went forth to sow, 4 and it happened, while he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road and the birds came and devoured it. 5 But other seed fell upon the rocky-area, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it rose up, because it had no depth of earth; 6 now when the sun rose, it was burnt, and it dried up because it had no root. 7 And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns shot up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. 8 And other seed fell into the good soil and it was giving fruit, shooting up and growing, and it was bringing forth by thirty times, and by sixty times, and by a hundred times as much. \ulnone\nosupersub 9 And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he happened to be alone, those who were around him together with the twelve, asked about the parable. 11 And he said to them, You have been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things happen in parables; 12 in order that seeing, they may see and yet may not know, and hearing, they may hear and yet may not understand; lest they should turn again and their sins might be forgiven them.
2 And he was teaching them many things in parables and said to them in his teaching, 3 Listen : behold, the sower went forth to sow, 4 and it happened, while he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road and the birds came and devoured it. 5 But other seed fell upon the rocky-area, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it rose up, because it had no depth of earth; 6 now when the sun rose, it was burnt, and it dried up because it had no root. 7 And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns shot up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. 8 And other seed fell into the good soil and it was giving fruit, shooting up and growing, and it was bringing forth by thirty times, and by sixty times, and by a hundred times as much. \ulnone\nosupersub 9 And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he happened to be alone, those who were around him together with the twelve, asked about the parable. 11 And he said to them, You have been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things happen in parables; 12 in order that seeing, they may see and yet may not know, and hearing, they may hear and yet may not understand; lest they should turn again and their sins might be forgiven them.