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but such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there while the crowd stood on the shore.
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He told them many things in parables: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.
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As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up.
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Other seed fell on rocky patches where there was not much soil. It sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow;
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but when the sun had risen, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up.
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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
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But others fell into rich soil and produced grain, a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as had been sown.
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Those who have ears, let them hear!"
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Then the talmidim came and asked Yeshua, "Why are you speaking to them in parables?"
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He answered, "Because it has been given to you to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it has not been given to them.
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For anyone who has something will be given more, so that he will have plenty; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he does have will be taken away.