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.'