“ Listen then to the parable of the sower.

“所以，你们当听这撒种的比喻。

“所以，你们要听这撒种的比喻。

“所以，你们要听这撒种的比喻。

“所以，你们应当留心这撒种的比喻。

“所以你们要听这撒种人的比喻。

“所以，你们应当听这撒种的比喻：

「所以，你們當聽這撒種的比喻。

「所以，你們要聽這撒種的比喻。

「所以，你們要聽這撒種的比喻。

「所以，你們應當留心這撒種的比喻。

“所以你們要聽這撒種人的比喻。

所以你們、要聽明白這撒種的比喻。

「所以，你們應當聽這撒種的比喻：

夫播種之喻、爾其聽之、

夫播種之譬、爾其聽之、

故播種之喻、爾當聽之、

爾其諦聽播種之喻：

“ Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:

“ Listen! Here is the meaning of the story of the farmer.

“ Hear then the parable of the sower:

“ Now listen to the explanation of the parable about the farmer planting seeds:

“ So listen to the parable of the sower:

“ Therefore hear the parable of the sower:

Hear then ye the parable of the sower.

“ You, then, listen to the parable of the sower:

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

“ So listen to the parable of the sower:

“ Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

“ Now this is the parable: the seed is the word of God.And those beside the road are the ones who have heard, then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.Those on the rocky soil are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and yet these do not have a firm root; they believe for a while, and in a time of temptation they fall away.And the seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked by worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and they bring no fruit to maturity.But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word with a good and virtuous heart, and hold it firmly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

And Jesus answered them,“ To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

And He* said to them,“ Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?The sower sows the word.These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.And in a similar way these are the ones sown with seed on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;and yet they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they fall away.And others are the ones sown with seed among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.And those are the ones sown with seed on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.”