In the day that, having gone forth Jesus [from] the house, was sitting by the sea.

And were gathered together to Him crowds great, so that He into a boat having climbed into to sit down, and all the crowd on the shore had stood.

And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, went out the [one] sowing to sow.

And in the sowing of him, some indeed fell along the road, and having come, the birds devoured them.

Other now fell upon the rocky places, where not it was having soil much, and immediately it sprang up, through not having depth of soil;

when [the] sun now having risen, they were scorched, and through the not having root, were dried up.

Other now fell upon the thorns, and grew up the thorns, and choked them.

Other now fell upon the soil good, and were yielding fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, some though sixty, some though thirty.

The [one] having ears, he should hear

And having come to [Him], the disciples said to Him, Because of why in parables speak You to them?

Whoever for has, will be given to him, and he will be in abundance; whoever now not has, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Because of this, in parables to them I speak: Because seeing, not do they see; and hearing, not do they hear, nor do they understand.

And is fulfilled them the prophecy of Isaiah, who is saying: In hearing you will hear, and no not may understand; and seeing you will see and no not may perceive.

Has grown dull for the heart of the people this, and with the ears barely they have heard, and the eyes of them they have closed; otherwise they may see with the eyes, and with the ears they may hear, and with the heart they may understand, and may return, and I will heal them.’

Of you however blessed [are] the eyes, because they see; and the ears of you, because they hear.

Amen for I say to you, that many prophets and righteous [men] longed to see what you see, and not saw; and to hear what you hear, and not heard.

You therefore do hear the parable of the [one] having sown:

Everyone hearing the word of the kingdom and not understanding, comes the evil one and snatches away that having been sown in the heart of him. This is the [one] on the path having been sown.

That which now upon the rocky places having been sown, this is the [one] the word hearing, and immediately with joy receiving it;

no he has now root in himself, but temporary is; when is coming however tribulation or persecution on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

That which now among the thorns having been sown, this is the [one] the word hearing, and the care of the present age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and unfruitful it becomes.

That however on the good soil having been sown, this is the [one] the word hearing and understanding, who indeed brings forth fruit and produces — some indeed a hundredfold, some though sixty, some though thirty.