Matthew:13:1-23
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And going out from the house in that day ,
Jesus sat down by the sea .
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And great crowds were gathered to Him ,
so that boarding the boat ,
He sat down .
And all the crowd stood on the shore .
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And He spoke to them many things in parables ,
saying :
Behold ,
the sower went out to sow .
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And in his sowing ,
some fell by the roadside ,
and the birds came and ate them .
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And other fell on the stony places where they did not have much earth ,
and it immediately sprang up because it had no deepness of earth .
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And the sun rising ,
it was scorched ;
and because of having no root ,
it was dried up .
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And other fell on the thorns ,
and the thorns grew up and choked them .
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And other fell on the good ground and yielded fruit ;
indeed ,
one a hundredfold ,
and one sixty ,
and one thirty .
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The one having ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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And coming near ,
the disciples said to Him ,
Why do You speak to them in parables ?
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And answering ,
He said to them ,
Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven ,
but it has not been given to those .
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For whoever has ,
to him will be given ,
and he will have overabundance .
But whoever does not have ,
even what he has will be taken from him .
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Because of this ,
I speak to them in parables ,
because seeing they do not see ,
and hearing they do not hear ,
nor do they understand .
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And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled on them ,
which says , "
In hearing you will hear and in no way understand ,
and seeing you will see yet in no way perceive .
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For the heart of this people has grown fat ,
and they heard sluggishly with the ears ,
and they have closed their eyes ,
that they not see with the eyes ,
or hear with the ears ,
and understand with the heart ,
and be converted ,
and I heal them ."
LXX-Isaiah .
strkjv @
6:9 ,
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But your eyes are blessed because they see ;
and your ears because they hear .
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For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous ones desired to see what you see and did not see ,
and to hear what you hear and did not hear .
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Then hear the parable of the sower :
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Everyone hearing the Word of the kingdom ,
and not understanding ,
then the evil one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart .
This is that sown by the roadside .
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And that sown on the stony places is this :
the one hearing the Word ,
and immediately receiving it with joy ,
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but has no root in himself ,
but is temporary ,
and tribulation ,
or persecution occurring because of the Word ,
he is at once offended .
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And that sown into the thorns is this :
the one hearing the Word ,
and the anxiety of this age ,
and the deceit of riches ,
choke the Word ,
and it becomes unfruitful .
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But that sown on the good ground is this :
the one hearing the Word ,
and understanding it ,
who indeed brings forth and produces fruit :
one truly a hundredfold ,
and one sixty ,
and one thirty .
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