013:011 "Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know
the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.
013:012 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall
have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has
shall be taken away.
013:013 I speak to them in figurative language for this reason,
that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they
neither hear nor understand.
013:014 And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving
signal fulfilment: "`You will hear and hear and by no
means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see.
013:015 For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'
013:016 "But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
013:017 For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.
013:018 "To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.
013:019 When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.
013:020 He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.