Mark 4:3-9
[3]“Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed.
[4]As he scattered it across his field, some of the seed fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate it.
[5]Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seed sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.
[6]But the plant soon wilted under the hot sun, and since it didn’t have deep roots, it died.
[7]Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain.
[8]Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they sprouted, grew, and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”
[9]Then he said, “Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”