你们听阿。有一个撒种的。出去撒种。
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
有落在土浅石头地上的，土既不深，发苗最快。
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
日头出来一晒，因为没有根，就枯乾了。
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
有落在荆棘里的，荆棘长起来，把他挤住了，就不结实。
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
那撒在路旁的，就是人听了道，撒但立刻来，把撒在他心里的道夺了去。
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
还有那撒在荆棘里的，就是人听了道。
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
后来有世上的思虑，钱财的迷惑，和别样的私欲，进来把道挤住了，就不能结实。
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
耶稣又对他们说，人拿灯来，岂是放在斗底下，床底下，不放在灯台上吗。
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
又说，神的国，如同人把种撒在地上，
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
但种上以后，就长起来，比各样的菜都大，又长出大枝来。甚至天上的飞鸟，可以宿在他的荫下。
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.