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And again he began to teach by the seaside :
and a great multitude gathered around him ,
so that he entered into a boat ,
and sat in it ;
and the whole multitude was on the shore .
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And 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 came to pass ,
as he sowed ,
some seed fell by the wayside ,
and the birds of the air came and devoured it .
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And some fell on stony ground ,
where it did not have much earth ;
and immediately it sprang up ,
because it had no depth of soil :
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But when the sun came up ,
it was scorched ;
and because it had no root ,
it withered away .
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And some fell among thorns ,
and the thorns grew up ,
and choked it ,
and it yielded no fruit .
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And other seed fell on good ground ,
and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased ;
and brought forth ,
some thirty ,
and some sixty ,
and some a hundredfold .
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And he said to them ,
He who has ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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And when he was alone ,
those who were about 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 these things are done in parables :
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That seeing they may see ,
and not perceive ;
and hearing they may hear ,
and not understand ;
lest they should be converted ,
and their sins be forgiven .
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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 have heard ,
Satan comes immediately ,
and takes away the word that was sown in them .
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And likewise ,
these are the ones who are like seed sown on stony ground ;
who ,
when they have heard the word ,
immediately receive it with gladness ;
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But have no root in themselves ,
and so endure but for a time :
afterward ,
when affliction or persecution arises for the word '
s sake ,
they immediately fall away .
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And these are the ones who are like seed sown among thorns ;
they hear the word ,
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And the cares of this world ,
and the deceitfulness of riches ,
and the lust for other things enter in ,
and choke the word ,
and it becomes unfruitful .
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And these are the ones who are like seed sown on good ground ;
they hear the word ,
and receive it ,
and bring forth fruit ,
some thirty ,
some sixty ,
and some a hundredfold .