The Seed Sower

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.