3. “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.
4. It happened that as he sowed, some fell beside the road; and the birds came and ate it up.
5. “Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it didn’t have much soil. It sprang up immediately, because the soil wasn’t deep.
6. But when the sun came up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7. “Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8. “And others fell into the good soil and were producing fruit, springing up and increasing. They yielded a crop, producing thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
9. And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10. When Yeshua was alone, those around Him with the Twelve started asking Him about the parables.
11. And He told them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God. But for those who are outside, everything is in parables, so that