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And likewise these are those who are sown on stony ground, who when they have heard the word immediately receive it with gladness
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but have no root in themselves and are temporal; afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
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And these are those 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 becomes unfruitful.
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And these are those who are sown in good ground, such as hear the word and receive
it and bring forth fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.
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And he also said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel or under the bed? and not to be set in the lampstand?
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For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested; nor secret which shall not be exposed.
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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
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And he also said unto them, Take heed what ye hear; with the measure ye measure by, ye shall be measured by others, and unto you that hear shall more be added.
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For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, from him shall be taken even that which he has.
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He also said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground