[18] Hear therefore the parable of the sower. [19] When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This he which received seed by the way side. [20] But he that received the seed into stony places, the same he that heareth the word, and with joy receiveth it; [21] Yet hath he not root in himself, but for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, he is offended. [22] He also that received seed among the thorns he that heareth the word; and the care world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. [23] But he that received seed into the good ground he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.