Mark 4:3

Mark 4:1-9

¹And again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathers around him, so that he got into a boat and sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. ²And he was teaching them many things in parables, and he was saying to them in his teaching, ³“Listen! Look, the sower went out to sow. ⁴And it happened as he sowed that some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵And other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and at once it sprang up, because it did not have depth of soil. ⁶And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it did not have root, it withered. ⁷And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. ⁸And other seeds fell into the good soil and were giving fruit, growing up and increasing, and were bearing, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.” ⁹And he was saying, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Matthew 13:1-9

¹On that day Jesus, going out of the house, was sitting beside the sea. ²And large crowds gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd was standing on the shore. ³And he told them many things in parables, saying, “Look, the sower went out to sow. ⁴And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up. ⁵Other seeds fell on the rocky ground, where they did not have much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they did not have depth of soil. ⁶But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they did not have root, they withered. ⁷Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them. ⁸And other seeds fell on the good soil and were producing fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. ⁹The one who has ears, let him hear.”

Luke 8:4-8

⁴And when a large crowd was gathering and those from town after town were coming to him, he spoke by means of a parable: ⁵“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. ⁶And other seed fell on the rock, and when it had grown, it withered because it had no moisture. ⁷And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. ⁸And other seed fell into the good soil, and when it had grown, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”