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2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing 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 spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the 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 beside the road, and the birds came and ate them 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 "Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because 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 had risen, they were scorched; and because 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 "Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
8 "And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and 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.”
10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
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The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
11 Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
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He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12 "For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
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Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.
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