7 Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants, and they didn't bear grain.
8 But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants sprouted, grew, and bore grain: some had thirty grains, others sixty, and others one hundred.”
9 And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”
10 When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.
11 “You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God,” Jesus answered. “But the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables,
12 so that,‘They may look and look,yet not see;they may listen and listen,yet not understand.For if they did, they would turn to God,and he would forgive them.’”
13 Then Jesus asked them, “Don't you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable?