RSV ~ Luke 8 v4 - 8

4 And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:

5 “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it.

6 And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it.

8 And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”