22And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.
23And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
24And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
25But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
26But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?
28And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?
