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And again He began to teach by the sea .
And a great multitude was gathered to Him ,
so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea ;
and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea .
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Then He taught them many things by parables ,
and said to them in His teaching :
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Listen !
Behold ,
a sower went out to sow .
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And it happened ,
as he sowed ,
that some seed fell by the wayside ;
and the birds of the air came and devoured it .
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Some fell on stony ground ,
where it did not have much earth ;
and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth .
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But when the sun was up it was scorched ,
and because it had no root it withered away .
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And some seed fell among thorns ;
and the thorns grew up and choked it ,
and it yielded no crop .
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But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up ,
increased and produced :
some thirtyfold ,
some sixty ,
and some a hundred ."
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And He said to them , "
He who has ears to hear ,
let him hear !"
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But when He was alone ,
those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable .
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And He said to them , "
To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God ;
but to those who are outside ,
all things come in parables ,
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so that "
Seeing they may see and not perceive ,
And hearing they may hear and not understand ;
Lest they should turn ,
And their sins be forgiven them ."'
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And He said to them , "
Do you not understand this parable ?
How then will you understand all the parables ?
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The sower sows the word .
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And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown .
When they hear ,
Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts .
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These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who ,
when they hear the word ,
immediately receive it with gladness ;
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and they have no root in themselves ,
and so endure only for a time .
Afterward ,
when tribulation or persecution arises for the word '
s sake ,
immediately they stumble .
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Now these are the ones sown among thorns ;
they are the ones who hear the word ,
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and the cares of this world ,
the deceitfulness of riches ,
and the desires for other things entering in choke the word ,
and it becomes unfruitful .
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But these are the ones sown on good ground ,
those who hear the word ,
accept it ,
and bear fruit :
some thirtyfold ,
some sixty ,
and some a hundred ."