Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 4‹And when he sowed, some› [seeds] ‹fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:›

‹Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth› [it] ‹empty, swept, and garnished.›

‹Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last› [state] ‹of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.›

While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

But he answered and said unto him that told him, ‹Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?›

And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, ‹Behold my mother and my brethren!›

‹For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.›

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, ‹Behold, a sower went forth to sow;›

‹Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:›

‹And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.›

‹And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:›

‹But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.›

‹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.›

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

He answered and said unto them, ‹Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.›

‹For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.›

‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.›

‹And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:›

The Book of Matthew, Chapter 13, Verse 4