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3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.
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3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.
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4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
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4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
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5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
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5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
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6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
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6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
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7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
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7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
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8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop--a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
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8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop--a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
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