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 他用比喻对众人讲了许多事， 说： "有一个撒种的出去撒种。

4 撒的时候， 有的落在路旁， 小鸟飞来就吃掉了。

5 有的落在泥土不多的石地上， 因为泥土不深， 很快就长起来。

6 但太阳一出来， 就把它晒干， 又因为没有根就枯萎了。

7 有的落在荆棘里， 荆棘长大了， 就把它挤住。

8 有的落在好土里， 结出果实， 有一百倍的， 有六十倍的， 有三十倍的。

9 有耳的， 就应当听。"