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"These are the ones who are beside the roadwhere the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately2Satancomes 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 3the world, and the 4deceitfulness 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 5bearfruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
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And He was saying to them, "6A 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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"7For nothing* is hidden, except to be revealed;nor has anything beensecret, but that it would come to light.