8 Other seed fell into good soil and bore fruit. Upon growing and increasing, the seed produced in one case a yield of thirty to one, in another case a yield of sixty to one, and in another case a yield of one hundred to one."
9 He said, "Whoever has ears to listen should pay attention!"
10 When they were alone, the people around Jesus, along with the Twelve, asked him about the parables.
11 He said to them, “The secret of God’s kingdom has been given to you, but to those who are outside everything comes in parables.
12 This is so that they can look and see but have no insight, and they can hear but not understand. Otherwise, they might turn their lives around and be forgiven.
13 "Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
14 The farmer scatters the word.