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so that 1WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN."
Explanation
132And He said to them, "Do you not understandthisparable? How will you understandall the parables?
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"These are the ones who are beside the roadwhere the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately3Satancomes and takesaway the word which has been sown in them.
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"In a similarwaythese are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediatelyreceive it with joy;
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and they haveno firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when afflictionorpersecutionarisesbecause of the word, immediately they fallaway.
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"And others are the ones on whom seed was sownamong the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,
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but the worries of 4the world, and the 5deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for otherthingsenter in and choke the word, and it becomesunfruitful.
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"And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the goodsoil; and they hear the word and accept it and 6bearfruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
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And He was saying to them, "7A lamp is not brought to be putunder a basket, is it, orunder a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?
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"8For nothing* is hidden, except to be revealed;nor has anything beensecret, but that it would come to light.