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1 He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
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Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.
2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
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He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
3 "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
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“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
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As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 "Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
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Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
6 "And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
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But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
7 "Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.
8 "Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
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Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
9 And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
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Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
10 As soon as He was alone, His followers , along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.
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When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
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