3. Joanna, the wife of Kuza, Herod’s finance minister; Susanna; and many others—were supporting them out of their own resources.
4. And when a large crowd was gathering and those from various towns were traveling to Him, He spoke by means of a parable.
5. “The sower went out to spread his seed. As he sowed, some fell beside the road and was trampled; and the birds of the air ate it up.
6. And other seed fell on rock; when it came up, that seed withered away because it had no moisture.