²² He also that received the seed among the thorns is he that heareth the Word; and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word, and he becometh unfruitful.

²³ But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the Word and understandeth it; who also beareth fruit and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

²⁴ Another parable put He forth before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field;