[4] And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: [5] A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. [6] And some upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. [7] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. [8] And other fell good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said he cried, He that hath ears to hear, [9] And his disciples asked him, What this parable [10] And he said, it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing not see, and hearing not understand.