Jesus Teaches by the Sea

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And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

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and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

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and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

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and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

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and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

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and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

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and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

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and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

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He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.'