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9 καὶ ἔλεγεν · Ὃς ἔχει ⸃ ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
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Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
10 Καὶ ὅτε ⸃ ἐγένετο κατὰ μόνας, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν σὺν τοῖς δώδεκα τὰς παραβολάς.
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When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
11 καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς · Ὑμῖν τὸ μυστήριον δέδοται ⸃ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ · ἐκείνοις δὲ τοῖς ἔξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὰ πάντα γίνεται,
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He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
12 ἵνα βλέποντες βλέπωσι καὶ μὴ ἴδωσιν, καὶ ἀκούοντες ἀκούωσι καὶ μὴ συνιῶσιν, μήποτε ἐπιστρέψωσιν καὶ ἀφεθῇ αὐτοῖς.
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so that, “ ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’”
13 Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς · Οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην, καὶ πῶς πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς γνώσεσθε;
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Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
14 ὁ σπείρων τὸν λόγον σπείρει.
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The farmer sows the word.
15 οὗτοι δέ εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ὅπου σπείρεται ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν εὐθὺς ἔρχεται ὁ Σατανᾶς καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐσπαρμένον εἰς αὐτούς.
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Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 καὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν ὁμοίως οἱ ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη σπειρόμενοι, οἳ ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν τὸν λόγον εὐθὺς μετὰ χαρᾶς λαμβάνουσιν αὐτόν,
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Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
17 καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιροί εἰσιν, εἶτα γενομένης θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν λόγον εὐθὺς σκανδαλίζονται.
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But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
18 καὶ ἄλλοι εἰσὶν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι · οὗτοί εἰσιν ⸃ οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούσαντες,
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Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;
19 καὶ αἱ μέριμναι τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ ἡ ἀπάτη τοῦ πλούτου καὶ αἱ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπιθυμίαι εἰσπορευόμεναι συμπνίγουσιν τὸν λόγον, καὶ ἄκαρπος γίνεται.
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but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
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