4 ΒΆ And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of euery citie, he spake by a parable:
5 A Sower went out to sowe his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side, and it was troden downe, and the foules of the aire deuoured it.
6 And some fell vpon a rocke, and assoone as it was sprung vp, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7 And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.
8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang vp, and bare fruite an hundred fold. And when hee saide these things, he cryed, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Lk 8:4-8
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).