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Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,
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and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Mag'dalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
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and Joan'na, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.
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And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
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"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
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And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
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And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."