4:1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

4:2And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

4:3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

4:5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

4:6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

4:7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

4:8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

4:9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

4:14The sower soweth the word.

4:15And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

4:16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

4:17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

4:18And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

4:19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

4:20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.