^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} A man went out to put seed in the earth:

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

^{5 Ref} 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 Ref} And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

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

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

^{9 Ref} And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.