"Listen[to this]! Behold,the sowerwentout to sow;
Come,you children,listento me; I will teachyou the fearof the LORD.
Listen,O daughter,giveattentionand inclineyour ear:Forgetyour peopleand your father'shouse;
Nowtherefore, [my] sons,listento me, And payattentionto the wordsof my mouth.
"Nowtherefore, [O] sons,listento me, For blessedare they who keepmy ways.
Sowyour seedin the morningand do not be idlein the evening,for you do not knowwhethermorningorevening sowing will succeed,or whetherbothof them alikewill be good.
"Listento Me, you stubborn-minded,Who are farfrom righteousness.
"Listento Me, O houseof Jacob,And allthe remnantof the houseof Israel,You who have been borneby Me from birthAnd have been carriedfrom the womb;
Jesus presentedanotherparableto them, saying,"The kingdomof heavenmay be comparedto a manwho sowedgoodseedin his field.
"But whenthe wheatsproutedand boregrain,thenthe taresbecame evidentalso.
And He spokemany thingsto them in parables,saying,"Behold,the sowerwentout to sow;
"The sowersowsthe word.
And He was teachingthem many thingsin parables,and was sayingto them in His teaching,
"Ifanyonehasearsto hear,let him hear."
as he was sowing,some[seed] fellbesidethe road,and the birdscameand ateit up.
And He was saying,"He whohasearsto hear,let him hear."
But Peter,taking his standwith the eleven,raisedhis voiceand declaredto them: "Menof Judeaand allyou who livein Jerusalem,let thisbe knownto you and give heedto my words.
"Now,O Israel,listento the statutesand the judgmentswhichI am teachingyou to perform,sothat you may liveand goin and takepossessionof the landwhichthe LORD,the Godof your fathers,is givingyou.
Listen,my belovedbrethren:did not Godchoosethe poorof thisworld[to be] richin faithand heirsof the kingdomwhichHe promisedto thosewho loveHim?
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.He who overcomeswill not be hurtby the seconddeath.'
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.'
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.To him who overcomes,I will grantto eatof the treeof lifewhichis in the Paradiseof God.'
