3 And ver. 34he told them many things in parables, saying: [Isa. 55:10;Amos 9:13]"A sower went out to sow.4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,6 but James 1:11when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, John 15:6they withered away.7 Other seeds fell among Jer. 4:3thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some ver. 23;Gen. 26:12a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.9 See ch. 11:15He who has ears,13:9 Some manuscripts add here and in verse 43 to hearlet him hear."