Jesus Teaches by the Sea

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That same day, Yeshua went out of the house and sat down by the lake;

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but such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there while the crowd stood on the shore.

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He told them many things in parables: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up.

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Other seed fell on rocky patches where there was not much soil. It sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow;

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but when the sun had risen, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up.

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

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But others fell into rich soil and produced grain, a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as had been sown.

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Those who have ears, let them hear!"