11He began to teachagain2by the sea. And such a verylargecrowdgathered to Him that 3He got into a boat in the sea and satdown; and the wholecrowd was by the sea on the land.
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And He was teaching them manythings in 4parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
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"Listen to this! Behold, the sowerwent out to sow;
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as he was sowing, some seed fellbeside the road, and the birdscame and ate it up.
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"Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not havemuchsoil; and immediately it sprang up because it hadnodepth of soil.
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"And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it hadnoroot, it witheredaway.
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"Other seed fellamong the thorns, and the thornscame up and choked it, and it yieldednocrop.
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"Other seeds fell into the goodsoil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and producedthirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
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And He was saying, "5He whohasears to hear, let him hear."