⁴ And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

² And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

³ And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

⁴ And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

⁵ And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

⁶ And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

⁷ And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

⁸ And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

⁹ He who has ears, let him give ear.

¹ And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

² And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

³ A man went out to put seed in the earth:

⁴ And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

⁵ And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

⁶ And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

⁷ And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

⁸ And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

⁹ And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.