the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up
and increased; and brought forth, thirty, and sixty, and a
hundredfold. (9)And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

(10)And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve
asked him concerning the parables. (11)And he said to them: To you is
given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are without,
all things are done in parables; (12)that seeing they may see, and not
perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply
they should turn, and be forgiven. (13)And he says to them: Know ye
not this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?

(14)The sower sows the word. (15)And these are they by the way-side;
where the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately
and takes away the word that was sown in them. (16)And these are they
likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the
word, immediately receive it with gladness; (17)and have no root in
themselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or
persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended.
(18)And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they
that hear the word, (19)and the cares of the world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in
choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (20)And these are they that
are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it,
and bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold.

(21)And he said to them: Is the lamp brought that it may be put under
the bushel, or under the bed? Is it not, that it may be put on the
lamp-stand? (22)For nothing is hidden, but it shall be manifested; nor
was done in secret, but that it should come abroad. (23)If any one has
ears to hear, let him hear.

(24)And he said to them: Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you, and there shall be added to you.
(25)For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even
what he has shall be taken from him.

(26)And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast the
seed upon the earth, (27)and sleeps and rises night and day, and the
seed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how. (28)For the earth brings
forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full
grain in the ear. (29)But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts
forth the sic