Description
The Sower
Mark
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Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.
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He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:
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"Listen! A sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
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Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
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When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.
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Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
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But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times."
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And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"
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When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
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He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,
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so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven."
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He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?
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The sower sows the word.
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These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.
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These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.
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But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
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Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,
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but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
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But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred."
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He also said to them, "A lamp isn't brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn't it to be placed on a lampstand?
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For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.
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If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!"
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Created on Jan 4, 2021.
Created on Jan 4, 2021.
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