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"Listen! A sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
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Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly, since it had no depth of soil.
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And when the sun rose, it was scorched; and since it had no root, it withered away.
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Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
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Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
