WPNT(i)
14 The sower sows the Word.
15 These are the ones where the Word is sown along the path: as soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the Word that was sown in their hearts.
16 Similarly, these are the ones sown on the rocky area: as soon as they hear the Word they receive it with joy,
17 but since they have no root in themselves they are temporary—when oppression or persecution comes because of the Word, they quickly fall away.
18 And these are the ones sown among the thorns: they hear the Word,
19 but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the undue desires for other things come in and smother the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20 And these are the ones sown on the good ground: such people hear the Word, welcome it and produce fruit—thirty times as much, sixty times as much, even a hundred times as much.”