Mark 4:2-9 Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

WNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said, ³ "Listen: the sower goes out to sow. ⁴ As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up. ⁵ Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil; ⁶ but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away. ⁷ Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop. ⁸ But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold." ⁹ "Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"