3 Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

4 And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.

5 And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out {of the ground} because it had no depth of earth;

6 and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.

7 And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

8 And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

9 And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

4 Ja hänen kylväessään osa putosi tien oheen, ja linnut tulivat ja söivät sen.

5 Ja osa putosi kallioperälle, jossa sillä ei ollut paljon maata, ja se nousi kohta oraalle, kun sillä ei ollut syvää maata.

6 Mutta auringon noustua se paahtui, ja kun sillä ei ollut juurta, niin se kuivettui.

7 Ja osa putosi orjantappuroihin; ja orjantappurat nousivat ja tukahuttivat sen, eikä se tehnyt hedelmää.