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Matthew 13:1

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That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.

Matthew 13:2

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Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

Matthew 13:3

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Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 13:4

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As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Matthew 13:5

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Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

Matthew 13:6

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But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

Matthew 13:7

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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

Matthew 13:8

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Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

Matthew 13:9

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He who has ears, let him hear."

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