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

“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:

“ 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:

“ Listen then 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.

“ Here is what the story means. The seed is God’s message.The seed on the path stands for God’s message in the hearts of those who hear. But then the devil comes. He takes away the message from their hearts. He does it so they won’t believe. Then they can’t be saved.The seed on rocky ground stands for those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But they have no roots. They believe for a while. But when they are tested, they fall away from the faith.The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear the message. But as they go on their way, they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures. So they do not reach full growth.But the seed on good soil stands for those with an honest and good heart. Those people hear the message. They keep it in their hearts. They remain faithful and produce a good crop.

He replied,“ Because you have been given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. It has not been given to outsiders.Everyone who has this kind of knowledge will be given more knowledge. In fact, they will have very much. If anyone doesn’t have this kind of knowledge, even what little they have will be taken away from them.

Then Jesus said to them,“ Don’t you understand this story? Then how will you understand any stories of this kind?The seed the farmer plants is God’s message.What is seed scattered on a path like? The message is planted. The people hear the message. Then Satan comes. He takes away the message that was planted in them.And what is seed scattered on rocky places like? The people hear the message. At once they receive it with joy.But they have no roots. So they last only a short time. They quickly fall away from the faith when trouble or suffering comes because of the message.And what is seed scattered among thorns like? The people hear the message.But then the worries of this life come to them. Wealth comes with its false promises. The people also long for other things. All of these are the kinds of things that crowd out the message. They keep it from producing fruit.And what is seed scattered on good soil like? The people hear the message. They accept it. They produce a good crop 30, 60, or even 100 times more than the farmer planted.”