1 Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,
2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,
3 and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod’s household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:
5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.
6 Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.
7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.