The Parable of the Sower

  4: When a large crowd was coming together,
       and those from the various cities were
       journeying to Him, He spoke by way of
       a parable:
  5: "The sower went out to sow his seed;
       and as he sowed, some fell beside the
       road, and it was trampled under foot and
       the birds of the air ate it up.
  6: "Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as
       soon as it grew up, it withered away,
       because it had no moisture.
  7: "Other seed fell among the thorns; and
       the thorns grew up with it and choked
       it out.
  8: "Other seed fell into the good soil,
       and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred
       times as great." As He said these things,
       He would call out, " He who has ears
       to hear, let him hear."