Make Disciples

³He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. ⁴And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep. ⁶But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered. ⁷Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them. ⁸But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹The one who has ears had better listen!”

¹⁰Then the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” ¹¹He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not. ¹²For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ¹³For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.