⁴ And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

² and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

³ and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

⁴ and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

⁵ and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

⁶ and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

⁷ and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

⁸ and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

⁹ He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

¹ And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

² and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

³ `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

⁴ and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

⁵ and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

⁶ and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

⁷ and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

⁸ and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

⁹ And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'