MNT(i)
3 Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow;
4 and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.
5 Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;
6 but when the sun rose it was scorched, and withered away because it had no root.
7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.
8 But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 He who has ears, let him hear!"
10 Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,
11 "Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.