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And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

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The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

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And other fell on the rock and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

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And other fell amidst the thorns and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

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And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.