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Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
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Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like 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 went his way.