(31)Then came his brethren and his mother, and standing without sent unto him, calling aloud for him. (32)And the multitude sat around him, and they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without are asking for thee. (33)And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren? (34)And looking about on those who were sitting in a circle round him, he saith, Behold my mother and my brethren! (35)For whosoever shall do the will of God, that person is my brother, and my sister, and mother. CHAP. IV. AND again he began to teach by the sea side: and a vast multitude was assembled about him, so that he went into a vessel to sit down on the sea, and all the multitude was on the land close by the sea. (2)And he taught them in parables many things, and said unto them in the course of his teaching, (3)Hear me! Behold, a sower went out to sow; (4)and it came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the road side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up. (5)And some fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth: (6)and when the sun arose it was scorched up; and because it had not root, it withered away. (7)And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it, and it produced no fruit. (8)And some fell on good ground, and produced fruit, growing up, and increasing, and yielded one part thirty fold, and another sixty, and another an hundred. (9)And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (10)But when they were alone, those who were about him with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable. (11)And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are without, all things are in parables: (12)That seeing they may see, yet not perceive; and hearing may hear, yet not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them. (13)And he saith to them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all parables? (14)The sower soweth the word. (15)Now these are they by the road side; where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan cometh, and taketh away the word sown on their hearts: (16)and these in like manner are they who were sown on the rocky soil; who when they have heard the word, instantly with joy receive it; (17)and have no root in themselves, but are temporary _professors_: afterwards, when tribulation cometh or persecution for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. (18)And those are the sown among the thorns; such as are hearers of the word; (19)but the anxious cares of this world, and the seducing nature of wealth, and inordinate desires after other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. (20)And these are they who are sown on the good ground, such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty fold, and some sixty, and some an hundred.