^{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.'