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And he sayde vnto them: take hede what ye heare. With what measure ye mete with the same shall it be measured vnto you agayne. And vnto you that heare shall more be geve.
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For vnto him yt hath shall it be geven: and from him that hath not shalbe taken awaye even that he hath.
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And he sayde: so is the kyngdome of God even as yf a man shuld sowe seed in ye groude
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and shulde slepe and ryse vp night and daye: and the seede shuld springe and growe vp he not ware.
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For ye erth bringeth forthe frute of her silfe: fyrst the blade then the eares after that full corne in the eares.
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And as sone as the frute is brought forth anone he throusteth in ye sykell because the hervest is come.
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And he sayde: where vnto shall we lyke the kyngdome of God? or with what copareson shall we copare it?
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It is lyke a grayne of mustard seed which when it is sowe in the erth is the leest of all seedes that be in the erth:
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but after that it is sowen it groweth vp and is greatest of all yerbes: and bereth greate brauches so that ye fowles of the ayre maye dwell vnder the shadowe of it.
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And with many soche similitudes he preached the worde vnto the after as they myght heare it.