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And he began again to teach by the seawatershore side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitudecrowdassembly, so that he entered into a vesselshipboat, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the landshoreground. And he taught them many things by storiesparablesillustrations, and said unto them in his doctrine, AttendListenHearken; Behold, there went out a sowerfarmerplanter to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowlsbirdscreatures of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stonyrockyhard ground, where it had not much soilearthdirt; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depthrootfoundation of earth: But when the lightsunheat was up, it was wiltedburnedscorched; and because it had no rootanchorbase, it withered away. And some fell among bramblesthornsweeds, and the thorns grew up, and strangledsmotheredchoked it, and it yielded no yieldharvestfruit. And other fell on fertilegoodrich ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an completehundredhundredfold. And he said unto them, He that hath earssenseunderstanding to hear, let him hear.

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysterytruthsecret of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in riddlesallegoriesparables: That seeing they may see, and not perceiveunderstandgrasp; and hearing they may hear, and not discernunderstandcomprehend; lest at any time they should be convertedturnedchanged, and their sins should be forgiven them. And he said unto them, Know ye not this teachingparablestory? and how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is spreadplantedsown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their soulsheartsminds. And these are they likewise which are sown on rockystonyhard ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladnessjoydelight; And have no rootbasefoundation in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when troubledifficultyaffliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are dismayedoffendeddiscouraged. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the worriescaresconcerns of this world, and the deceitfulness of prosperityricheswealth, and the lusts of other things entering in, stiflechokestrangle the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on goodfertileproductive ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth harvestfruityield, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.