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And he said to them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
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The sower soweth the word.
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And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
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And these are they likewise who are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
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And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they relapse.
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And these are they who are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
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And the cares of this 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 these are they who are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirty-fold, some sixty, and some a hundred.
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And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a close vessel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
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For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither hath any thing been kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
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If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.