The sower sows the word.
Now those who had been scattered went around proclaiming the Word.
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one having been sown along the road.
“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
He answered, “The one sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,
“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.
So many were gathered that there was no longer room for them even outside the door. He kept proclaiming the word to them.
Blessed are you, sowing by all waters, letting the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
just as they were handed down to us from the start by the eyewitnesses and reporters of the word.
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.
He said to them, “Don’t you grasp this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
These are the ones beside the road where the word is sown. Whenever they hear, satan comes quickly and takes away the word that has been sown in them.
