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.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

And when he sowed, some {seeds} fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, {ye are} God's building. {husbandry: or, tillage}

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: