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Then He spoke many things to them in parables ,
saying : "
Behold ,
a sower went out to sow .
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And as he sowed ,
some seed fell by the wayside ;
and the birds came and devoured them .
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Some fell on stony places ,
where they did not have much earth ;
and they immediately sprang up 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 some fell among thorns ,
and the thorns sprang up and choked them .
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But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop :
some a hundredfold ,
some sixty ,
some thirty .
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He who has ears to hear ,
let him hear !"
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And the disciples came and said to Him , "
Why do You speak to them in parables ?"
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He answered and said to them , "
Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven ,
but to them it has not been given .
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For whoever has ,
to him more will be given ,
and he will have abundance ;
but whoever does not have ,
even what he has will be taken away from him .
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Therefore 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 in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled ,
which says : "
Hearing you will hear and shall not understand ,
And seeing you will see and not perceive ;
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For the hearts of this people have grown dull .
Their ears are hard of hearing ,
And their eyes they have closed ,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears ,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn ,
So that 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 assuredly ,
I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see ,
and did not see it ,
and to hear what you hear ,
and did not hear it .
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Therefore hear 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 snatches away what was sown in his heart .
This is he who received seed by the wayside .
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But he who received the seed on stony places ,
this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy ;
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yet he has no root in himself ,
but endures only for a while .
For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word ,
immediately he stumbles .
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Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who 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 who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it ,
who indeed bears fruit and produces :
some a hundredfold ,
some sixty ,
some thirty ."