Matthew:13:1-23

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* On that day Jesus went out of the house , and sat by the seaside . * Great multitudes gathered to him , so that he entered into a boat , and sat , and all the multitude stood on the beach . * He spoke to them many things in parables , saying , "Behold , a farmer went out to sow . * As he sowed , some seeds fell by the roadside , and the birds came and devoured them . * Others fell on rocky ground , where they didn 't have much soil , and immediately they sprang up , because they had no depth of earth . * When the sun had risen , they were scorched . Because they had no root , they withered away . * Others fell among thorns . The thorns grew up and choked them . * Others fell on good soil , and yielded fruit : some one hundred times as much , some sixty , and some thirty . * He who has ears to hear , let him hear ." * The disciples came , and said to him , "Why do you speak to them in parables ?" * He answered them , "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven , but it is not given to them . * For whoever has , to him will be given , and he will have abundance , but whoever doesn 't have , from him will be taken away even that which he has . * Therefore I speak to them in parables , because seeing they don 't see , and hearing , they don 't hear , neither do they understand . * In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled , which says , 'By hearing you will hear , and will in no way understand ; Seeing you will see , and will in no way perceive : * for this people 's heart has grown callous , their ears are dull of hearing , they have closed their eyes ; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes , hear with their ears , understand with their heart , and should turn again ; and I would heal them .' {Isaiah strkjv @6:9-10 } * "But blessed are your eyes , for they see ; and your ears , for they hear . * For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see , and didn 't see them ; and to hear the things which you hear , and didn 't hear them . * "Hear , then , the parable of the farmer . * When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom , and doesn 't understand it , the evil one comes , and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart . This is what was sown by the roadside . * What was sown on the rocky places , this is he who hears the word , and immediately with joy receives it ; * yet he has no root in himself , but endures for a while . When oppression or persecution arises because of the word , immediately he stumbles . * What was sown among the thorns , this is he who hears the word , but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word , and he becomes unfruitful . * What was sown on the good ground , this is he who hears the word , and understands it , who most certainly bears fruit , and brings forth , some one hundred times as much , some sixty , and some thirty ."

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