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 И поучал их много притчами, говоря: вот, вышел сеятель сеять;

4 и когда он сеял, иное упало при дороге, и налетели птицы и поклевали то;

5 иное упало на места каменистые, где немного было земли, и скоро взошло, потому что земля была неглубока.

6 Когда же взошло солнце, увяло, и, как не имело корня, засохло;

7 иное упало в терние, и выросло терние и заглушило его;

8 иное упало на добрую землю и принесло плод: одно во сто крат, а другое в шестьдесят, иное же в тридцать.

9 Кто имеет уши слышать, да слышит!