Matthew 13:18-23(NIV)Parable of the Sower
¹⁸“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 
¹⁹When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 
²⁰The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 
²¹But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. 
²²The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. 
²³But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

/SS/CG