13. Jesus asked them, “Don’t you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?
14. “The farmer plants the word.
15. Some people are like seeds that were planted along the road. Whenever they hear the word, Satan comes at once and takes away the word that was planted in them.
16. Other people are like seeds that were planted on rocky ground. Whenever they hear the word, they accept it at once with joy.