5 Others fell on rocky ground, where there wasn’t much soil, and they sprang up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.
6 But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered.
7 Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
8 Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop: some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.
9 Anyone who has ears should listen! ”
10 Then the disciples came up and asked Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables? ”
11 He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.