5 and others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much earth: and right away they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:

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

7 And others fell on the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:

8 and others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

9 He who has ears, let him hear.

10 And the disciples came, and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?

11 And he answered and said to them, To you{} it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance: but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

13 Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they don't see, and hearing they don't hear, neither do they understand.