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And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,
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And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,
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And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.
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And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
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A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
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And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.
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And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.
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And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
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And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
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And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.