8:4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus ¹  from one town after another, ²  he spoke to them ³  in a parable: 8:5 “A sower went out to sow ⁴  his seed. ⁵  And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds ⁶  devoured it. 8:6 Other seed fell on rock, ⁷  and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture. 8:7 Other seed fell among the thorns, ⁸  and they grew up with it and choked ⁹  it. 8:8 But ¹⁰  other seed fell on good soil and grew, ¹¹  and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” ¹²  As he said this, ¹³  he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ¹⁴