Mark 4:2-9 ▼

2 He used stories as illustrations to teach them many things. While he was teaching them, he said,

3 |Listen! A farmer went to plant seed.

4 Some seeds were planted along the road, and birds came and devoured them.

5 Other seeds were planted on rocky ground, where there wasn't much soil. The plants sprouted quickly because the soil wasn't deep.

6 When the sun came up, they were scorched. They didn't have any roots, so they withered.

7 Other seeds were planted among thornbushes. The thornbushes grew up and choked them, and they didn't produce anything.

8 But other seeds were planted on good ground, sprouted, and produced thirty, sixty, or one hundred times as much as was planted.|

9 He added, |Let the person who has ears listen!|