Bible Verses

Among the thorns are people who hear the word, but as they go their way, they are choked by worries, riches, and the pleasures of life; they bring no fruit to maturity.

Those on the rocky ground are people who receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe for a while and give way in a time of trial.

Those along the wayside are people who hear it, but immediately, the devil comes and takes the word from their minds, for he doesn’t want them to believe and be saved.

Now, here’s the main point of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

And Jesus replied: “To you, it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to others, it is presented in the form of stories or parables:  so that, seeing, they may not perceive; and hearing, they may not understand.

The disciples asked him: “What does this story mean?”

But some seed fell on good soil and produced fruit a hundred times as much!” And Jesus cried out: “Listen then, if you have ears to hear!”

Some seed fell among thorns; the thorns grew up with the seed and choked it.

Some seed fell on rocky ground, and no sooner had it sprouted than it withered because it lacked water.

 “The sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some of the seed fell along the path that was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.