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And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground who, when they have heard the Word, immediately receive it with gladness;
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but they have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the Word's sake, immediately they are offended.
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And these are they which are sown among thorns, such as hear the Word,
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but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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And these are they which are sown on good ground, such as hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred."
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And He said unto them, "Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick?
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For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should be revealed.
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If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."
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And He said unto them, "Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you; and unto you that hear shall more be given.
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For he that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath."
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And He said, "So is the Kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground,