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Matthew 13:1-9
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That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
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Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.
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And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up.
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Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil.
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But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away.
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Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
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Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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Let anyone with ears listen!"
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