20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop-some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.A New York Times Notable Book: In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.Ī stunner. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth ( M) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. As soon as they hear it, Satan ( L) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

( K) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. Otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’ ” ( J)ġ3 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word.

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,Īnd ever hearing but never understanding But to those on the outside ( I) everything is said in parables 12 so that, 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God ( H) has been given to you. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” ( F)ĩ Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” ( G)ġ0 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. ( E) 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 2 He taught them many things by parables, ( D) and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. ( C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.

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