9 Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen! ”
10 When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.
11 He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables
12 so thatthey may look and look,yet not perceive;they may listen and listen,yet not understand; otherwise, they might turn back —and be forgiven.”
13 Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?
14 The sower sows the word.
15 These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.