and yet not understand.
008:011 The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed
is God's Message.
008:012 Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then
the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts,
lest they should believe and be saved.
008:013 Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive
it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe,
but when trial comes they fall away.
008:014 That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard,
but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by
the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield
nothing in perfection.
008:015 But as for that in the good ground, it means those who,
having listened to the Message with open minds and in a
right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
008:016 "When any one lights a lamp, he does not cover it with a
vessel or hide it under a couch; he puts it on a lampstand,
that people who enter the room may see the light.
008:017 There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen;
nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into
the light of day.
008:018 Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything,
to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing,
even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."
008:019 Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get
near Him for the crowd.
008:020 But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on
the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."
008:021 "My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear