3 Jesus contou várias parábolas, como esta:

"Um lavrador saiu para semear. 4 Enquanto espalhava as sementes pelo campo, algumas caíram à beira do caminho, e as aves vieram e as comeram. 5 Outras sementes caíram em solo rochoso e, não havendo muita terra, germinaram rapidamente, 6 mas as plantas logo murcharam sob o calor do sol e secaram, pois não tinham raízes profundas. 7 Outras sementes caíram entre espinhos, que cresceram e sufocaram os brotos. 8 Ainda outras caíram em solo fértil e produziram uma colheita trinta, sessenta e até cem vezes maior que a quantidade semeada. 9 Quem é capaz de ouvir, ouça com atenção!".

3 Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said,"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

4 As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

5 Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep.

6 Butwhen the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

7 Other seeds fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them.

8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

9 Let the person who hasearslisten!"