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He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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Then the disciples came and said unto him, Why dost thou speak unto them in parables?
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He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given.
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For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have in abundance; but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that
which he has.
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Therefore, I speak to them in parables because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive;
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for this people’s heart is waxed gross, and
their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with
their eyes and hear with
their ears and should understand with
their heart and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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But blessed
are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
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For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous
men have desired to see
those things which ye see and have not seen
them and to hear
those things which ye hear and have not heard
them.
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Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand
it, then the wicked
one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who was planted beside the way.