Jesus Teaches by the Sea

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On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

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And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

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And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

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and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

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and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:

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and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

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And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:

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and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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He that hath ears, let him hear.