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And the disciplescame, and said unto him,Why speakest thou unto theminparables?
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He answeredandsaid unto them,Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,but to them it isnotgiven.
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Forwhosoeverhath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: butwhosoeverhathnot,fromhim shall be taken awayeventhat he hath.
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ThereforespeakI to theminparables:because they seeingseenot;andhearing they hearnot,neither do they understand.
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Andinthem is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,whichsaith, By hearing ye shall hear, andshallnotunderstand; andseeing ye shall see, andshallnotperceive:
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Forthispeople'sheart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, andtheireyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes,andhear with their ears,and should understand with their heart,and should be converted, and I should healthem.
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Butblessed are youreyes,for they see: andyourears,for they hear.
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Forverily I say unto you,Thatmanyprophetsandrighteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, andhavenotseen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, andhavenotheard them.
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When any one heareth the word of the kingdom,andunderstandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sowninhisheart.Thisis he which received seedby the way side.
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But he that received the seedinto stony places, the sameis he that heareth the word,andanonwithjoyreceivethit;
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Yet hath henotrootinhimself,butdureth for a while:for when tribulationorpersecutionarisethbecause of the word, by and by he is offended.[a]
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He also that received seedamong the thornsis he thatheareth the word;and the care of thisworld,and the deceitfulness of riches,choke the word,and he becomethunfruitful.
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But he that received seedinto the goodgroundishe that heareth the word,andunderstandeth it; whichalso beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, someanhundredfold*, somesixty*, somethirty.
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Anotherparable put he forth unto them,saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowedgoodseedinhisfield:
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Butwhilemenslept, hisenemycameandsowedtaresamongthewheat,and went his way.