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And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a bushel, 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 made manifest: neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad.
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If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
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And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. In what measure you shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you.
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For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken away from him.
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And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,
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And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.
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For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.
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And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
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And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?
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It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: