Matthew 13:3-9 (NIV) Then he
told them many things in parables, saying:
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path,
and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop–a hundred, sixty or
thirty times what was sown. 9 He who has ears,
let him hear."