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 Listen: Look, the sower went forth to sow:

4 and it came to pass, as he sowed, some [seed] fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.

5 And other [seed] fell on the rocky [ground], where it did not have much earth; and right away it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:

6 and when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

7 And other [seed] fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

8 And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

9 And he said, Who has ears to hear, let him hear.