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1 Now on the same day, Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side: 2 and many people were gathered together to bear Him, so that He went into a ship and sat down, and all the multitude stood upon the shore; and He spake to them many things in parables, 3 saying, "Behold a sower went out to sow; 4 and as he was sowing, some seeds fell by the way- side, and the birds came and ate them up: 5 some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they soon sprung up indeed, because they had no depth of earth; 6 but when the sun rose, they were burnt up, and withered; because they had no root: 7 and others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them: 8 but others fell on good ground, and yielded fruit, some an hundred- fold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." 10 And the disciples came to Him and said, Why dost thou speak to them in parables? 11 And He answered them, saying, Because it is granted unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not granted: Matthew 13:1-11, Worsley New Testament. Public domain.
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