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Mark - ch 4 v 1 - 20
- And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,
- and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:
- `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;
- and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;
- and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,
- and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;
- and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;
- and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
- And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
- And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,
- and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;
- that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'
- And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
- He who is sowing doth sow the word;
- and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.
- `And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,
- and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
- `And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,
- and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
- `And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
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