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And again he began to teach by the shore of the lake ;
and there was gathered to him a very great multitude ,
so that he went into a boat ,
and sat down in it upon the lake ;
and all the multitude was by the lake on the land .
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And he taught them many things in parables ,
and said to them in his teaching ,
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Hearken :
Behold ,
a sower went forth to sow .
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And it came to pass ,
as he sowed some seeds fell by the way
side ;
and the birds came and devoured them .
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And others fell on rocky ground ,
where they had not much earth ;
and they sprung up immediately ,
because they had no depth of earth .
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But when the sun was up ,
they were scorched ;
and because they had no root ,
they withered away .
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And others fell among thorns ;
and the thorns grew up ,
and choked them ,
and they yielded no fruit .
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And others fell on good ground ,
and shooting up and growing yielded fruit ;
and bore as much as thirty ,
and sixty ,
and a hundred fold .
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And he said ,
He that hath ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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And when he was in private ,
they who were about him ,
with the twelve ,
asked him about the parables .
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And he said to them ,
To you hath been given the mystery of the kingdom of God ;
but to them ,
who are without ,
all things are done in parables ;
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hat seeing they may see ,
and not perceive ,
and hearing they may hear ,
and not understand ;
lest they should turn ,
and be forgiven .
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And he saith to them ,
Know ye not this parable ?
and how will ye know all the parables ?
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The sower soweth the word .
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And these are they by the wayside ,
those where the word is sown ,
and when they have heard ,
Satan cometh immediately ,
and taketh away the word that was sown in them .
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And these in like manner are they that are sown on the rocky places ,
those ,
who ,
when they have heard the word ,
immediately receive it with joy ,
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and have no root in themselves ,
but endure only for a time ;
then ,
when affliction or persecution ariseth on account of the word ,
they immediately fall away .
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And others are they that are sown among the thorns ;
these are they who hear the word ,
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but the cares of the world ,
and the deceitfulness of riches ,
and the lusts of other things entering in ,
choke the word ,
and it becometh unfruitful .
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And these are they who are sown on the good ground ;
such as hear the word ,
and receive it ;
and bear fruit ,
thirty ,
sixty ,
and a hundred fold .