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Matthew 13:1-9

1 That same day Jesus left the house and went to the lakeside, where he sat down to teach.

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.

2 The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the crowd stood on the shore.

2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

3 He used parables to tell them many things. "Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.

3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4 As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

5 Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.

5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

6 But when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.

6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7 Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

8 But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants bore grain: some had one hundred grains, others sixty, and others thirty."

8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

9 And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"

9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”