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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 to you, That many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see [the things] which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear [the 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 any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.
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But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and immediately with joy receiveth it;
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Yet he hath not root in himself, but endureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, forthwith he is offended.
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He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
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But he that receiveth seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; who also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty.
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Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field:
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But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and departed.
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But when the blade had sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.