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Matthew:13:1 @
On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside .
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Matthew:13:2 @
And great numbers of people came together to him ,
so that he got into a boat ;
and the people took up their position by the sea .
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Matthew:13:3 @
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story ,
saying ,
A man went out to put seed in the earth ;
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Matthew:13:4 @
And while he did so ,
some seeds were dropped by the wayside ,
and the birds came and took them for food :
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Matthew:13:5 @
And some of the seed went among the stones ,
where it had not much earth ,
and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep :
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And when the sun was high ,
it was burned ;
and because it had no root it became dry and dead .
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Matthew:13:7 @
And some seeds went among thorns ,
and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth :
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Matthew:13:8 @
And some ,
falling on good earth ,
gave fruit ,
some a hundred ,
some sixty ,
some thirty times as much .
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Matthew:13:9 @
He who has ears ,
let him give ear .
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Matthew:13:10 @
And the disciples came and said to him ,
Why do you say things to them in the form of stories ?
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Matthew:13:11 @
And he said to them in answer ,
To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven ,
but to them it is not given .
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Matthew:13:12 @
Because whoever has ,
to him will be given ,
and he will have more ;
but from him who has not ,
even what he has will be taken away .
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Matthew:13:13 @
For this reason I put things into the form of stories ;
because they see without seeing ,
and give ear without hearing ,
and the sense is not clear to them .
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Matthew:13:14 @
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true ,
Though you give ear ,
you will not get knowledge ;
and seeing ,
you will see ,
but the sense will not be clear to you :
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Matthew:13:15 @
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut ;
for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me ,
so that I might make them well
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Matthew:13:16 @
But a blessing be on your eyes ,
because they see ;
and on your ears ,
because they are open .
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Matthew:13:17 @
For truly ,
I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see ,
and saw them not ;
and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears ,
and they had it not .
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Give ear ,
then ,
to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth .
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Matthew:13:19 @
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone ,
and the sense of it is not clear to him ,
then the Evil One comes ,
and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart .
He is the seed dropped by the wayside .
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And that which went on the stones ,
this is he who ,
hearing the word ,
straight away takes it with joy ;
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Matthew:13:21 @
But having no root in himself ,
he goes on for a time ;
and when trouble comes or pain ,
because of the word ,
he quickly becomes full of doubts .
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And that which was dropped among the thorns ,
this is he who has the word ;
and the cares of this life ,
and the deceits of wealth ,
put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit .
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And the seed which was put in good earth ,
this is he who gives ear to the word ,
and gets the sense of it ;
who gives fruit ,
some a hundred ,
some sixty ,
some thirty times as much .