3 In teaching, he said to them, Attend, behold the sower went out to sow.4 And as he sowed, part of the seed fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked it up.5 Part fell upon rocky ground, where it had little mold. This sprang sooner, because there was no depth of soil.6 But after the sun had beaten upon it, it was scorched, and having no root, it withered away.7 Part fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and stifled it, so that it yielded nothing.8 Part fell into good ground, and sprang up, and became so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.9 He added. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.