The sower sows the word.

So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

He went away again and prayed the same thing.

So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

Then he said to her, “Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]