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The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it.
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But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.
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The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
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And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it: they bear fruit, some as much as one hundred, others sixty, and others thirty."
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Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.
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One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
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When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up.
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The man's servants came to him and said, "Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?'
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"It was some enemy who did this,' he answered. "Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him.
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"No,' he answered, "because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.
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Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.' "