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A parábola do semeador(A)

13 Tendo Jesus saído de casa naquele dia, estava assentado junto ao mar. E ajuntou-se muita gente ao pé dele, de sorte que, entrando num barco, se assentou; e toda a multidão estava em pé na praia. E falou-lhe de muitas coisas por parábolas, dizendo: Eis que o semeador saiu a semear. E, quando semeava, uma parte da semente caiu ao pé do caminho, e vieram as aves e comeram-na; e outra parte caiu em pedregais, onde não havia terra bastante, e logo nasceu, porque não tinha terra funda. Mas, vindo o sol, queimou-se e secou-se, porque não tinha raiz. E outra caiu entre espinhos, e os espinhos cresceram e sufocaram-na. E outra caiu em boa terra e deu fruto: um, a cem, outro, a sessenta, e outro, a trinta. Quem tem ouvidos para ouvir, que ouça.

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13 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)(C)

13 That same day Jesus went out of the house(D) and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat(E) and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred,(F) sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”(G)

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A Harvest Story

13 1-3 At about that same time Jesus left the house and sat on the beach. In no time at all a crowd gathered along the shoreline, forcing him to get into a boat. Using the boat as a pulpit, he addressed his congregation, telling stories.

3-8 “What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.

“Are you listening to this? Really listening?”

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