¹⁰⁵Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path. ¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances. ¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word. ¹⁰⁸Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances. ¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law. ¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts. ¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart. ¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end. ס SAMEKH.

¹On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. ²And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. ³And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow; ⁴and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them: ⁵and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth: ⁶and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them: ⁸and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹He that hath ears, let him hear.

¹⁸Hear then ye the parable of the sower. ¹⁹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side. ²⁰And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it; ²¹yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth. ²²And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. ²³And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.