5 And other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have any depth of soil.
6 And when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have enough root, it withered.
7 And other seed fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
8 And other seed fell on the good soil, and produced grain, coming up and increasing, and it bore a crop—one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred times as much.
9 And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
10 And when he was alone, those around him together with the twelve began asking him about the parables.
11 And he said to them, “To you has been granted the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside everything is in parables,