Jesus Teaches by the Sea

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

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Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

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And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

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

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But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

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

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Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

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He who has ears, let him hear.”