10 Later Jesus was alone. The Twelve asked him about the stories. So did the others around him.
11 He told them, "The secret of God's kingdom has been given to you. But to outsiders everything is told by using stories.
12 In that way, " 'They will see but never know what they are seeing. They will hear but never understand. Otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!' " (Isaiah 6:9,10)
13 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this story? Then how will you understand any stories of this kind?
14 The seed the farmer plants is God's message.
15 What is seed scattered on a path like? The message is planted. The people hear the message. Then Satan comes. He takes away the message that was planted in them.
16 And what is seed scattered on rocky places like? The people hear the message. At once they receive it with joy.