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Mark 4 💬 📚 📜 📕 ↷
3 Hear ye; Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
4 And whiles he soweth, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came, and did eat it.
5 And othersome fell upon rocky places where it had not much earth: and it shot up immediately, because it had not deepness of earth:
6 and when the sun was risen, it parched, and because it had not root, it withered.
7 And some fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded not fruit.
8 And some fell upon good ground; and it yielded fruit that grew up & increased, and it brought forth, one thirty, one sixty, and one an hundred.
9 And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Purpose of Jesus' Parables
10 And when he was alone, the Twelve that were with him, asked him the parable.
11 And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but to them that are without, all things are done in parables:
12 that seeing they may see, and not see; and hearing they may hear, and not understand: lest at any time they should be converted and their sins be forgiven them.
Parable of the Sower Explained
13 And he saith to them: Do you not know this parable? And how shall you know all parables?
14 He that soweth, soweth the word.
15 And they by the way side, are these: where the word is sown, and when they shall have heard, immediately cometh Satan, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And they likewise that are sown upon the rocky places, are these: who when they hear the word, immediately with joy receive it;
17 And they have not root in them selves, but are temporal: afterward when tribulation is risen and persecution for the word, forthwith they are scandalized.
18 And other there be that are sown among thorns: these are they that hear the word,
19 and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches, and concupiscences about other things entering in, choke the word, and it is made fruitless.
20 And these are they that were sown upon the good ground, which hear the word, and receive it, and yield fruit one thirty, one sixty, and one an hundred.
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