The Parable of the Sower

(Matthew 13:1–9, Luke 8:4–8)

[Once] again [Jesus] began to teach beside the sea, and [such] a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into the boat[fn] [and] sat in [it], while all the people crowded along the shore.

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And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said 3 “Listen A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 And as he was sowing, some [seed] fell along the path, and the birds[fn] came and devoured it.

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Some fell on rocky ground, where vvv it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow 6 But when the sun rose, [the seedlings] were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

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Other [ seed ] fell among thorns, [which] grew up and choked [the seedlings], and [they] yielded no crop.

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Still other [seed] fell on good soil, [where it] sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop — one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

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Then [Jesus] said,[fn]“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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