the people stood on the shore.
013:003 He then spoke many things to them in figurative language.
"The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.
013:004 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds
come and peck it up.
013:005 Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil.
It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no
depth of earth;
013:006 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat,
and through having no root it withers up.
013:007 Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up
and stifle it.
013:008 But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return,
some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.
013:009 Listen, every one who has ears!"
013:010 (And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak
to them in figurative language?"
013:011 "Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know
the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.
013:012 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall
have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has
shall be taken away.
013:013 I speak to them in figurative language for this reason,
that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they
neither hear nor understand.
013:014 And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving
signal fulfilment: "`You will hear and hear and by no
means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see.
013:015 For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has
become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent