Matthew 13.1-9
1 The same day went Jesus out of the house,
and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him,
so that he went into a ship, and sat;
and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places,
where they had not much earth:
and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched;
and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns;
and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit,
some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.