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That same day Jesus went out of the house 1and sat beside the sea.
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And great crowds gathered about him, 2so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
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And 3he told them many things in parables, saying: 4"A sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
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Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,
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but 5when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, 6they withered away.
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Other seeds fell among 7thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
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Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some 8a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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9He who has ears, let him hear."