3 Jis daug jiems kalbėjo palyginimais: "Štai sėjėjas išėjo sėti.

4 Jam besėjant, vieni grūdai nukrito palei kelią, ir atskridę paukščiai juos sulesė.

5 Kiti nukrito uolėtoj vietoj, kur buvo nedaug žemės. Jie greit sudygo, nes neturėjo gilesnio žemės sluoksnio.

6 Saulei patekėjus, daigai išdegė ir, neturėdami šaknų, sudžiūvo.

7 Kiti nukrito tarp erškėčių. Erškėčiai išaugo ir nusmelkė juos.

8 Dar kiti nukrito į gerą žemę ir davė derlių: vieni šimteriopą, kiti šešiasdešimteriopą, dar kiti trisdešimteriopą.

9 Kas turi ausis klausytiteklauso!"

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.