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On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
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And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
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Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
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Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
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But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
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And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
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But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
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He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.