3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

3 E explicou-lhes muitas coisas através de ilustrações, tais como esta narrativa:Um lavrador andava a semear nos seus campos.

4 Enquanto espalhava a semente na terra, alguma caiu ao lado dum caminho, e vieram os pássaros e comeram-na.

5 Outra caiu em terra pedregosa e pouco profunda; as plantas depressa nasceram no chão pouco espesso, mas logo o calor do Sol as queimou, pelo que murcharam e morreram por terem tão fraca raiz

7 Outras sementes cairam entre espinhos, que abafaram as folhas tenras

8 Outras, porém, caíram em chão bom, e deram uma colheita de trinta, sessenta ou mesmo cem vezes o que tinha sido semeado

9 Quem sabe ouvir, então que ouça!