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And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.
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And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out [of the ground] because it had no depth of earth;
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and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.
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And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.
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And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
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And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him [as to] the parables.
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And he said to them, To you is given [to know] the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,
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that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.
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And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?
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The sower sows the word: