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And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered
to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the
whole multitude was on the land facing the sea. 2
Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His
teaching: 3 “Listen!
Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And it happened,
as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the
air came and devoured it. 5 Some fell on stony
ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang
up because it had no depth of earth. 6 But when
the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered
away. 7 And some seed fell among thorns; and the
thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. 8 But other seed
fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and
produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
9 And He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”