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Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,
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as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
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and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources.
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When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
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"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.
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Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture.
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Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
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Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
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Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.