3 "Listen! A sower went out to sow.4 As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.5 Others fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep.6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.7 Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them, and they did not produce anything.8 But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced thirty, sixty, or one hundred times what was sown."9 He added,"Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"