3 "Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow, 4 and as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. 6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much." 9 He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

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!