Luke 8:3-18

³and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who afforded them aid from their substance.

⁴And a great multitude collecting together, and people from the cities going out to him, he spoke by a parable:

⁵A sower went forth to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way-side; and they were trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured them.

⁶And others fell upon rocky ground; and when they had sprung up they withered away, because they had no moisture.

⁷And others fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up with them, and choked them.

⁸And others fell upon good ground, and sprung up, and bore fruit, a hundred-fold. While saying these things, he cried aloud, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁹And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

¹⁰And he said, To you it hath been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to others these things are spoken in parables; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.

¹¹Now the meaning of the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.

¹²Those by the way-side are they that hear; then cometh the Devil and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

¹³Those on the rocky ground are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root; and for a while they believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

¹⁴And those seeds which fell among the thorns, these are they who, when they have heard, go away and are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

¹⁵But the seeds on the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, when they have heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with constancy.

¹⁶And no one having lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.

¹⁷For nothing is secret, that will not be made manifest; nor hidden, that will not be known, and come to light.

¹⁸Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whoever hath, to him will be given; and whoever hath not, from him will be taken even what he seemeth to have.