Luke:8:4-21
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And when much people were gathered together ,
and were come to him out of every city ,
he spake by a parable :
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A sower went out to sow his seed :
and as he sowed ,
some fell by the way side ;
and it was trodden down ,
and the fowls of the air devoured it .
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And some fell upon a rock ;
and as soon as it was sprung up ,
it withered away ,
because it lacked moisture .
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And some fell among thorns ;
and the thorns sprang up with it ,
and choked it .
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And other fell on good ground ,
and sprang up ,
and bare fruit an hundredfold .
And when he had said these things ,
he cried ,
He that hath ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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And his disciples asked him ,
saying ,
What might this parable be ?
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And he said ,
Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God :
but to others in parables ;
that seeing they might not see ,
and hearing they might not understand .
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Now the parable is this :
The seed is the word of God .
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Those by the way side are they that hear ;
then cometh the devil ,
and taketh away the word out of their hearts ,
lest they should believe and be saved .
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They on the rock are they ,
which ,
when they hear ,
receive the word with joy ;
and these have no root ,
which for a while believe ,
and in time of temptation fall away .
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And that which fell among thorns are they ,
which ,
when they have heard ,
go forth ,
and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life ,
and bring no fruit to perfection .
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But that on the good ground are they ,
which in an honest and good heart ,
having heard the word ,
keep it ,
and bring forth fruit with patience .
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No man ,
when he hath lighted a candle ,
covereth it with a vessel ,
or putteth it under a bed ;
but setteth it on a candlestick ,
that they which enter in may see the light .
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For nothing is secret ,
that shall not be made manifest ;
neither any thing hid ,
that shall not be known and come abroad .
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Take heed therefore how ye hear :
for whosoever hath ,
to him shall be given ;
and whosoever hath not ,
from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have .
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Then came to him his mother and his brethren ,
and could not come at him for the press .
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And it was told him by certain which said ,
Thy mother and thy brethren stand without ,
desiring to see thee .
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And he answered and said unto them ,
My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God ,
and do it .