Matthew 13.1-9

1 The same day went Jesus out of the house,

and sat by the sea side.

2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him,

so that he went into a ship, and sat;

and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,

Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

5 Some fell upon stony places,

where they had not much earth:

and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched;

and because they had no root, they withered away.

7 And some fell among thorns;

and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit,

some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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