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Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.
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And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
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"Listen! A sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
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Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil;
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and when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered away.
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Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
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And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
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And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."