And he began again to teach by the sea shore water side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude crowd assembly , so that he entered into a vessel boat ship , and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the ground land shore . And he taught them many things by parables stories illustrations , and said unto them in his doctrine, Listen Attend Hearken ; Behold, there went out a farmer sower planter to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the creatures birds fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on rocky stony hard ground, where it had not much earth soil dirt ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth root foundation of earth: But when the heat light sun was up, it was wilted burned scorched ; and because it had no anchor root base , it withered away. And some fell among weeds thorns brambles , and the thorns grew up, and choked smothered strangled it, and it yielded no harvest fruit yield . And other fell on fertile good rich ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred hundredfold complete . And he said unto them, He that hath sense ears understanding to hear, let him hear.
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery secret truth of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in allegories parables riddles : That seeing they may see, and not grasp understand perceive ; and hearing they may hear, and not understand comprehend discern ; lest at any time they should be converted changed turned , and their sins should be forgiven them. And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable teaching story ? and how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown planted spread ; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their souls hearts minds . And these are they likewise which are sown on rocky hard stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with delight joy gladness ; And have no root base foundation in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when trouble difficulty affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are discouraged dismayed offended . And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the concerns cares worries of this world, and the deceitfulness of prosperity wealth riches , and the lusts of other things entering in, strangle stifle choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good productive fertile ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth harvest fruit yield , some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.