And some fell by the wayside, and was trodden down; and some on the rocky places, and sprang up "he says, "and on account of its having no depth (of soil), it withered and died; and some "he says, "fell on fair and good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty fold. Who hath ears "he says, "to hear, let him hear.".
And these (heretics) suppose that this is what is spoken by the Saviour: "A sower went forth to sow; and that which fell on the fair and good ground produced, some a hundred-fold, and some sixty-fold, and some thirty-fold."