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1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.
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That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
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.
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Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.
3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
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And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.
4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
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And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up.
5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
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Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil.
6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
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But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
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Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
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Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
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Let anyone with ears listen!"
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