^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

^{3 Ref} `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

^{4 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

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

^{8 Ref} 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 Ref} And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

^{10 Ref} And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

^{11 Ref} and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

^{12 Ref} that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'