Matthew 13:1-9, Matthew 13:18-23 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Parable of the Sower

13On that day Jesus went out of ^athe house and was sitting ^bby the sea. ²And ¹large crowds gathered to Him, so ^aHe got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

³And He spoke many things to them in ^aparables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; ⁴and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. ⁵“And others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. ⁶“But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷“And others fell ¹among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. ⁸“And others fell on the good soil and were yielding ¹a crop, some a ^ahundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹“^aHe who has ears, ¹let him hear.”

The Parable of the Sower Explained

¹⁸“^aHear then the parable of the sower. ¹⁹“When anyone hears ^athe word of the kingdom and does not understand it, ^bthe evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. ²⁰“And the one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; ²¹yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he ¹^,^afalls away. ²²“And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of ^athe ¹world and the ^bdeceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²³“And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some ^aa hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”