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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
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and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring
forth and grow up, he knows not how.
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For the earth brings forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.
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But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle because the harvest is come.
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He also said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we compare it?