3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

3 İsa onlara benzetmelerle birçok şey anlattı. ‹‹Bakın›› dedi, ‹‹Ekincinin biri tohum ekmeye çıktı.

4 Ektiği tohumlardan kimi yol kenarına düştü. Kuşlar gelip bunları yedi.

5 Kimi, toprağı az, kayalık yerlere düştü; toprak derin olmadığından hemen filizlendi.

6 Ne var ki, güneş doğunca kavruldular, kök salamadıkları için kuruyup gittiler.

7 Kimi, dikenler arasına düştü. Dikenler büyüdü, filizleri boğdu.

8 Kimi ise iyi toprağa düştü. Bazısı yüz, bazısı altmış, bazısı da otuz kat ürün verdi.

9 Kulağı olan işitsin!››