'Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. Everyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and snatches away that which was sown in his heart: this is he who was sown by the wayside. And he who was sown upon rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but is temporary; and when tribulation and persecution arise on account of the word, immediately he is scandalized. And he who was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word; and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
'But he who was sown upon good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, and bears fruit, and yields, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.'