“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:

“ 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.

“ This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. (niv)

He replied,“ Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. (niv)

Then Jesus said to them,“ Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?The farmer sows the word.Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop— some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” (niv)