Luke 8:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

The Parable of the Sower Explained

¹¹ ‘Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹² The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. ¹³ The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away.