3 Jesus usou parábolas para ensinar muitas coisas. Ele disse:

— Escutem! Certo homem saiu para semear. 4 Quando estava espalhando as sementes, algumas caíram na beira do caminho, e os passarinhos comeram tudo. 5 Outra parte das sementes caiu num lugar onde havia muitas pedras e pouca terra. As sementes brotaram logo porque a terra não era funda. 6 Mas, quando o sol apareceu, queimou as plantas, e elas secaram porque não tinham raízes. 7 Outras sementes caíram no meio de espinhos, que cresceram e sufocaram as plantas. 8 Mas as sementes que caíram em terra boa produziram na base de cem, de sessenta e de trinta grãos por um.

9 E Jesus terminou, dizendo:

— Se vocês têm ouvidos para ouvir, então ouçam.

3 And he spake unto them many things, in parables, saying: Lo! the sower went forth to sow,

4 and, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and, the birds, came, and devoured it;

5 And, some, fell on the rocky places, where it had not much earth,and, straightway, it sprang up, because if had no depth of earth;

6 and, the sun arising, it was scorched, and, because it had no root, it withered away;

7 And, some, fell upon the thorns, and the thorns came up, and choked it;

8 But, some, fell upon the good ground, and did yield fruit,this, indeed a hundred fold, and, that, sixty, and, the other, thirty.

9 He that hath ears, let him hear.