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and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,
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and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
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and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
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and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,
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and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,
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and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,
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and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.
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He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
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And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
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And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
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for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.