The sower sows the word.
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.
Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.
