Mark 4:13
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The Parable of the Sower Explained(A)
13 And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
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Luke 8:11-12
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The Parable of the Sower Explained(A)
11 (B)“Now the parable is this: The seed is the (C)word of God. 12 Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
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Mark 4:16-19
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16 These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble. 18 Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, 19 and the (A)cares of this world, (B)the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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Luke 8:15
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15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with (A)patience.[a]
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Matthew 13:23
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23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears (A)fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
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Luke 8:16-17
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The Parable of the Revealed Light(A)
16 (B)“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the (C)light. 17 (D)For nothing is secret that will not be (E)revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.
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Mark 4:23-25
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23 (A)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
24 Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. (B)With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. 25 (C)For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
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