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When anyone hears the word of 1the kingdom and 2does not understand it, 3the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
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yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.