Luke 8: 4 -
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And when a great crowd came together and
people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: |
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"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he
sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of
the air devoured it. |
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And some fell on the rock; and as it grew
up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. |
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns
grew with it and choked it. |
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And some fell into good soil and grew, and
yielded a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to
hear, let him hear." |
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And when his disciples asked him what this
parable meant, |
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he said, "To you it has been given to know
the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that
seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. |
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Now the parable is this: The seed is the
word of God. |
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The ones along the path are those who have
heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they
may not believe and be saved. |
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And the ones on the rock are those who, when
they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe
for a while and in time of temptation fall away. |
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And as for what fell among the thorns, they
are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and
riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. |
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And as for that in the good soil, they are
those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring
forth fruit with patience. |
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