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devils,
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And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which
ministered unto him of their substance.
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And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he
spake by a parable:
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A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way
side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
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And some fell upon a rock;
and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
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And some fell
among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
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And other fell on good ground,
and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.
And when he had said these things, he cried,
He that
hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
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And he said,
Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in
parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
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Now the parable
is this: The seed is the word of God.
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Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the
devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
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They
on the rock
are they,
which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root,
which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
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And that which fell among thorns
are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures
of
this
life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
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But that on the good ground are they, which in an
honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep
it,
and bring forth fruit with patience.
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No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth
it
under a bed;
but setteth
it
on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
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For nothing is secret,
that shall not be made manifest; neither
any thing
hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
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Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath
not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
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Then came to him
his
mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
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And
it was told him
by certain
which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see
thee.
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And he answered and said unto them,
My mother and my brethren are these which hear the
word of God, and do it.
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Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said
unto them,
Let us go over unto the other side of the lake.
And they launched forth.
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But as they
sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled
with
water,
and were in jeopardy.
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And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we
perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there
was a calm.
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And he said unto them,
Where is your faith?
And they being afraid wondered, saying
one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and
they obey him.
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And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
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And when
he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and
ware no clothes, neither abode in
any
house, but in the tombs.
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When he saw Jesus, he cried out,
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