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1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
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That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.
2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
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Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.
3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.
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Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
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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 seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they 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 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they 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 seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
9 He who has ears, let him hear."
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
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