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 Ed egli insegnò loro molte cose in parabole, dicendo:

4 Ecco, il seminatore uscì a seminare. E mentre seminava, una parte del seme cadde lungo la strada; gli uccelli vennero e la mangiarono.

5 E unaltra cadde ne luoghi rocciosi ove non avea molta terra; e subito spuntò, perché non avea terreno profondo;

6 ma, levatosi il sole, fu riarsa; e perché non avea radice, si seccò.

7 E unaltra cadde sulle spine; e le spine crebbero e laffogarono.

8 E unaltra cadde nella buona terra e portò frutto, dando qual cento, qual sessanta, qual trenta per uno.

9 Chi ha orecchi da udire oda.