New TestamentMarkThe Parable of the Sower Explained · 4:13–204:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?4:14 The sower soweth the word.4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
