The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
1 And that [same] day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea.
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That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.
2 And great crowds were gathered together to him, so that going on board ship himself he sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore.
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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 to them many things 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 [grains] fell along the way, 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 and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of [the ground] because of not having [any] depth of earth,
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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 burned up, and because of not having [any] root were dried up;
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But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
7 and others fell upon the 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 and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one 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 that has ears, let him hear.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
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