The Parable of the Sower
4 For ver. 4-10, see Matt. 13:1-15;Mark 4:1-12And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 [Isa. 55:10;Amos 9:13]"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, John 15:6it withered away, because it had no moisture.7 And some fell among Jer. 4:3thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded Gen. 26:12a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, See Matt. 11:15"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."