8. And other seed fell on good ground, and it yielded grain that sprang up and increased by thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.”
9. Then He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10. When He was alone, those who were around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
11. He said to them, “To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, everything is said in parables,
12. so that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive,and hearing they may hear and not understand;lest they should turn, and their sins be forgiven them.’”
13. Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
14. The sower sows the word.
15. These are those beside the path, where the word is sown. But when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts.
16. Others, likewise, are seed sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness,
17. but have no root in themselves, and so endure for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution rises for the word’s sake, immediately they fall away.
18. And others are seed sown among thorns, the ones who hear the word.
19. But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
20. Still others are seed sown on good ground, those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit: thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.”
21. He said to them, “Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick?
22. For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed; neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed.