Mark:4:1-20

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* And again He began to teach by the sea . And a large crowd was gathered to Him , so that He entered into the boat in order to sit in the sea . And all the crowd were on the land toward the sea . * And He taught them many things in parables , and said to them in His teaching : * Listen ! Behold , the sower went out to sow . * And as he sowed , it happened that one indeed fell by the wayside ; and the birds of the heaven came and devoured it . * And another fell on the stony place where it did not have much earth . And it sprang up at once , due to not having deepness of earth . * And the sun rising , it was scorched . And through not having root , it was dried out . * And another fell into the thorns , and the thorns grew up and choked it ; and it did not yield fruit . * And another fell into the good ground , and yielded fruit , going up and increasing ; and one bore thirty , and one sixty , and one a hundredfold . * And He said to them , The one having ears to hear , let him hear . * And when He was alone , those around Him , with the Twelve , asked Him as to the parable . * And He said to them , To you has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God . But to these , those outside , all things are being given in parables , * that seeing they may see and not perceive ; and hearing they may hear , and not understand , lest they should convert , and the sins be forgiven to them . Isaiah . strkjv @6:9 , 10 * And He said to them , Do you not know this parable ? And how will you know all parables ? * The sower sows the Word . * And these are those by the wayside where the Word is sown . And when they hear , Satan comes at once and takes away the Word having been sown in their hearts . * And likewise , these are the ones being sown on the stony places , who , when they hear the Word , they immediately receive it with joy , * yet they have no root in themselves , but are temporary . Then trouble or persecution having occurred through the Word , immediately they are offended . * These are those being sown into the thorns , those hearing the Word , * and the cares of this age , and the deceitfulness of riches , and the lusts about other things entering in , they choke the Word , and it becomes unfruitful . * And these are those being sown on the good ground , who hear and welcome the Word and bring forth fruit , one thirty , and one sixty , and one a hundredfold .

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