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And it came to pass afterwards that *he* went through [the country] city by city, and village by village, preaching and announcing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God; and the twelve [were] with him,
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and certain women who had been healed of wicked spirits and infirmities, Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
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and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.
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And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:
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The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up;
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and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;
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and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with [it] choked it;
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and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
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And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?
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And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.