3 Ouçam bem. Um lavrador resolveu semear um pouco de grão. Todavia, enquanto o espalhava pelo campo, parte da semente caiu num caminho, e as aves vieram e, apanhando-a no chão duro, comeram-na.

5 Outra parte caiu em terra pouco profunda, com pedras por baixo. Cresceu depressa, mas logo murchou com o calor do Sol e morreu, porque as raízes não conseguiam alimentar-se naquele solo pouco fundo.

7 Outras sementes caíram entre espinhos, que não tardaram a crescer e a sufocar as plantas tenras, pelo que não deram grão.

8 Mas algumas sementes caíram em terra boa e deram trinta vezes o que o lavrador semeou; algumas delas até sessenta ou cem vezes tanto! Se têm ouvidos, ouçam!

3 Hearken! Lo! the sower went forth to sow;

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

5 And, some, fell on the rocky places, even where it had not much earth,and, straightway, it sprang forth, by reason of its not having depth of earth;

6 and, when the sun arose, it was scorched,and, by reason of its not having root, it was dried up;

7 And, some, fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and, fruit, it yielded not;

8 And, other, fell into the good ground, and was yielding fruit, coming up and growing,and was bearing, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold,

9 And he was sayingHe that hath ears to hear, let him hear!