# Connecting Statement:

Jesus finishes telling a parable about a person who sows seeds.

# fell among the thorn plants

"fell where plants with thorns grew"

# choked them

"choked the new sprouts." Use your word for the way weeds prevent other plants from growing well.

# produced a crop

"grew more seeds" or "gave fruit"

# some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty

The words "seeds," "produced," and "crop" are understood from the previous phrase. These can be expressed clearly. AT: "some seeds produced one hundred times as much crop, some seeds produced sixty times as much crop, and some seeds produced thirty times as much crop" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# one hundred ... sixty ... thirty

"100 ... 60 ... 30" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# He who has ears

This is a way of referring to everyone there who was hearing what Jesus was saying. See how you translated this in [Matthew 11:15](../11/13.md). AT: "Whoever can hear me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# listen

Here "listen" represents paying attention. See how you translated this in [Matthew 11:15](../11/13.md). AT: "pay attention to what I am saying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/seed]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/thorn]]