3. Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.
4. While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:
5. ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.
6. Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.