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And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship and sat in the sea: and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side.
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And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine:
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Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
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And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.
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And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.
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And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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And some fell upon good ground; and brought forth fruit that grew up, and increased and yielded, one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred.
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And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.