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his seed ... some seed ... devoured it ... Other seed ... it did not have ... it sprang ... it did not have

All of the seeds that the farmer sowed are spoken of here as if they are one seed. "his seeds ... some seeds ... devoured them ... Other seeds ... they did not have ... they sprang ... they did not have"

it sprang up

"the seed that landed on the rocky soil began to grow quickly"

soil

This refers to the loose dirt on the ground in which you can plant seeds.