Young's Literal Translation YLT
New King James Version NKJV
1 And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,
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And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea.
2 and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:
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Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:
3 `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;
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"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;
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And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
5 and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,
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Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.
6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;
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But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.
7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;
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And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
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But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred."
9 And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
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And He said to them, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,
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But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
11 and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;
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And He said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,
12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'
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so that 'Seeing they may see and not perceive, And hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven them.' "
13 And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
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And He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
14 He who is sowing doth sow the word;
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The sower sows the word.
15 and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.
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And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 `And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,
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These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
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and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they stumble.
18 `And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,
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Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,
19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20 `And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
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But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred."
21 And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?
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Also He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?
22 for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.
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For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.
23 If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'
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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24 And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;
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Then He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
25 for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever hath not, also that which he hath shall be taken from him.'
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For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."
26 And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
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And He said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground,
27 and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;
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and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.
28 for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;
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For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.
29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'
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But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
30 And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?
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Then He said, "To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?
31 As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;
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It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;
32 and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'
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but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade."
33 And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
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And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.
34 and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.
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But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.
35 And he saith to them on that day, evening having come, `We may pass over to the other side;'
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On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."
36 and having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him.
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Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.
37 And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,
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And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.
38 and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'
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But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"
39 And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:
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Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
40 and he said to them, `Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?'
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But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"
41 and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, `Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
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And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!"
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