Mark 4:8-26

⁸But other seed fell on good ground, and it was yielding fruit coming up and growing, and it was producing—some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

⁹And He said, “He that has ears to hear, let him hear!”

¹⁰But when He was by himself, those around Him together with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

¹¹And He said to them, “Unto you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things are spoken in parables,

¹²so that ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, and their sins be forgiven them.’ ”

¹³And He said to them, “Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all the parables?

¹⁴The sower sows the word.

¹⁵And these are the ones beside the road where the word is sown, and whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which was sown in their hearts.

¹⁶And these are the ones sown on stony ground; which, whenever they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy;

¹⁷and they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. Afterward, when trials or persecution arise because of the word, immediately they fall away.

¹⁸And these are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,

¹⁹and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

²⁰And these are the ones sown on good ground, such as who hear the word and welcome it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

²¹And He said to them, “A lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a measuring basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought so that it may be put on a lampstand?

²²For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest, nor was it hidden but that it might come to light.

²³If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁴Then He said to them, “Watch what you hear. By what measure you measure, it will be measured out to you; and more will be added to you who hear.

²⁵For whoever has, more will be given to him; and he who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

²⁶And He said, “Thus is the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed on the ground,