18 "You, then, listen to the parable of the sower:
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When anyone hears the word [a] about the kingdom and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.
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And the one sown on rocky ground-this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
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Yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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Now the one sown among the thorns-this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction[b] of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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But the one sown on the good ground-this is one who hears and understands the word, who does bear fruit and yields: some 100, some 60, some 30 times [what was sown]."