Matthew:13:1-23
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The same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea side .
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And a great multitude was gathered together unto him ,
so that he went into a ship and sat ,
and the whole multitude stood on the shore .
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And he spoke many things unto them in parables ,
saying ,
Behold ,
the sower went forth to sow ;
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and when he sowed ,
some [
of the seed ]
fell beside the way ,
and the fowls came and devoured them up .
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Some fell upon stony places ,
where they had not much earth ;
and forthwith they sprang up because they had no deepness of earth ;
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and when the sun was up ,
they were scorched ;
and because they had no root ,
they withered away .
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And some fell among thorns ;
and the thorns sprang up and choked them .
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But some fell into good ground and brought forth fruit :
one a hundredfold and another sixtyfold and another thirtyfold .
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He ]
who has ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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Then the disciples came and said unto him ,
Why dost thou speak unto them in parables ?
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He answered and said unto them ,
Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens ,
but to them it is not given .
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For whosoever has ,
to him shall be given ,
and he shall have in abundance ;
but whosoever has not ,
from him shall be taken away even that [
which ]
he has .
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Therefore ,
I speak to them in parables because seeing they see not ,
and hearing they hear not ,
neither do they understand .
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And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah ,
which says ,
By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand ,
and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive ;
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for this people '
s heart is waxed gross ,
and [
their ]
ears are dull of hearing ,
and their eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with [
their ]
eyes and hear with [
their ]
ears and should understand with [
their ]
heart and should be converted ,
and I should heal them .
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But blessed [
are ]
your eyes ,
for they see ,
and your ears ,
for they hear .
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For verily I say unto you ,
That many prophets and righteous [
men ]
have desired to see [
those things ]
which ye see and have not seen [
them ]
and to hear [
those things ]
which ye hear and have not heard [
them ].
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Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower .
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When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [
it ],
then the wicked [
one ]
comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart .
This is he who was planted beside the way .
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But he that was planted in stony places ,
the same is he that hears the word and receives it immediately with joy ;
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yet he has no root in himself but is temporal ,
for when affliction or persecution arises because of the word ,
by and by he is offended .
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And he that was planted among the thorns is he that hears the word ,
and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word ,
and he becomes unfruitful .
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But he that was planted in good ground is he that hears the word and understands [
it ]
and who also bears the fruit and brings forth :
one a hundredfold and another sixty and another thirty .
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