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And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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And other fell on good ground and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased and brought forth: some thirty and some sixty and some a hundred.
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And he said unto them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
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And when he was alone, those that were close to him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
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And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto those that are without, all
these things are done in parables,
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that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and
their sins should be forgiven them.
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And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? How then will ye understand all the parables?
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The sower
is he who sows the word.
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And these are those by the way side, in whom the word is sown, but when they have heard, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
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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.