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that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
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And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
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And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them.
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And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky [places], who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;
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and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.
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And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,
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and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
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And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, [and] not to be put on the stand?
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For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was [anything] made secret, but that it should come to light.