Matthew 13:2-9
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 And [a]large crowds gathered to Him, so (A)He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.
3 And He spoke many things to them in (B)parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 Others fell [b]among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. 8 And others fell on the good soil and *yielded a crop, some a (C)hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 (D)He who has ears, [c]let him hear.”
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- Matthew 13:2 Lit Many
- Matthew 13:7 Lit upon
- Matthew 13:9 Or hear! Or listen!
Mark 4:1-9
New American Standard Bible 1995
Parable of the Sower and Soils
4 (A)He began to teach again (B)by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that (C)He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. 2 And He was teaching them many things in (D)parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, 3 “Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. 6 And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. 8 Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.” 9 And He was saying, “(E)He who has ears to hear, [a]let him hear.”
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- Mark 4:9 Or hear!; or listen!
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