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1. Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.
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1. And G2532 he began G756 again G3825 to teach G1321 by G3844 the G3588 sea side G2281 : and G2532 there was gathered G4863 unto G4314 him G846 a great G4183 multitude G3793 , so that G5620 he G846 entered G1684 into G1519 a ship G4143 , and sat G2521 in G1722 the G3588 sea G2281 ; and G2532 the G3588 whole G3956 multitude G3793 was G2258 by G4314 the G3588 sea G2281 on G1909 the G3588 land G1093 .
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2. He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them:
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2. And G2532 he taught G1321 them G846 many things G4183 by G1722 parables G3850 , and G2532 said G3004 unto them G846 in G1722 his G848 doctrine G1322 ,
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3. "Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.
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3. Hearken G191 ; Behold G2400 , there went out G1831 a sower G4687 to sow G4687 :
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4. As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
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4. And G2532 it came to pass G1096 , as he sowed G4687 , some G3739 G3303 fell G4098 by G3844 the G3588 way side G3598 , and G2532 the G3588 fowls G4071 of the G3588 air G3772 came G2064 and G2532 devoured it up G2719 G846 .
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5. Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn't have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn't have deep soil.
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5. And G1161 some G243 fell G4098 on G1909 stony ground G4075 , where G3699 it had G2192 not G3756 much G4183 earth G1093 ; and G2532 immediately G2112 it sprang up G1816 , because it had G2192 no G3361 depth G899 of earth G1093 :
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6. When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn't have a root, it withered.
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6. But G1161 when the sun G2246 was up G393 , it was scorched G2739 ; and G2532 because it had G2192 no G3361 root G4491 , it withered away G3583 .
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7. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn't produce a crop.
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7. And G2532 some G243 fell G4098 among G1519 thorns G173 , and G2532 the G3588 thorns G173 grew up G305 , and G2532 choked G4846 it G846 , and G2532 it yielded G1325 no G3756 fruit G2590 .
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8. Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown."
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8. And G2532 other G243 fell G4098 on G1519 good G2570 ground G1093 , and G2532 did yield G1325 fruit G2590 that sprang up G305 and G2532 increased G837 ; and G2532 brought forth G5342 , some G1520 thirty G5144 , and G2532 some G1520 sixty G1835 , and G2532 some G1520 a hundred G1540 .
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9. Then He said, "Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!"
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9. And G2532 he said G3004 unto them G846 , He that hath G2192 ears G3775 to hear G191 , let him hear G191 .
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10. When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.
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10. And G1161 when G3753 he was G1096 alone G2651 , they G3588 that were about G4012 him G846 with G4862 the G3588 twelve G1427 asked G2065 of him G846 the G3588 parable G3850 .
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11. He answered them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been granted to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables
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11. And G2532 he said G3004 unto them G846 , Unto you G5213 it is given G1325 to know G1097 the G3588 mystery G3466 of the G3588 kingdom G932 of God G2316 : but G1161 unto them G1565 that G3588 are without G1854 , all these things G3956 are done G1096 in G1722 parables G3850 :
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12. so that they may look and look, yet not perceive; they may listen and listen, yet not understand; otherwise, they might turn back-- and be forgiven."
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12. That G2443 seeing G991 they may see G991 , and G2532 not G3361 perceive G1492 ; and G2532 hearing G191 they may hear G191 , and G2532 not G3361 understand G4920 ; lest at any time G3379 they should be converted G1994 , and G2532 their sins G265 should be forgiven G863 them G846 .
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13. Then He said to them: "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?
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13. And G2532 he said G3004 unto them G846 , Know G1492 ye not G3756 this G5026 parable G3850 ? and G2532 how G4459 then will ye know G1097 all G3956 parables G3850 ?
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14. The sower sows the word.
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14. The G3588 sower G4687 soweth G4687 the G3588 word G3056 .
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15. These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.
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15. And G1161 these G3778 are G1526 they G3588 by G3844 the G3588 way side G3598 , where G3699 the G3588 word G3056 is sown G4687 ; but G2532 when G3752 they have heard G191 , Satan G4567 cometh G2064 immediately G2112 , and G2532 taketh away G142 the G3588 word G3056 that was sown G4687 in G1722 their G846 hearts G2588 .
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16. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.
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16. And G2532 these G3778 are G1526 they likewise which are sown G4687 G3668 on G1909 stony ground G4075 ; who G3739 , when G3752 they have heard G191 the G3588 word G3056 , immediately G2112 receive G2983 it G846 with G3326 gladness G5479 ;
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17. But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When affliction or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.
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17. And G2532 have G2192 no G3756 root G4491 in G1722 themselves G1438 , and G235 so G1526 endure but for a time G4340 : afterward G1534 , when affliction G2347 or G2228 persecution G1375 ariseth G1096 for the word's sake G1223 G3588 G3056 , immediately G2112 they are offended G4624 .
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18. Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,
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18. And G2532 these G3778 are G1526 they which are sown G4687 among G1519 thorns G173 ; such as hear G191 the G3588 word G3056 ,
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19. but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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19. And G2532 the G3588 cares G3308 of this G5127 world G165 , and G2532 the G3588 deceitfulness G539 of riches G4149 , and G2532 the G3588 lusts G1939 of G4012 other things G3062 entering in G1531 , choke G4846 the G3588 word G3056 , and G2532 it becometh G1096 unfruitful G175 .
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20. But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown."
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20. And G2532 these G3778 are G1526 they which are sown G4687 on G1909 good G2570 ground G1093 ; such as G3748 hear G191 the G3588 word G3056 , and G2532 receive G3858 it, and G2532 bring forth fruit G2592 , some G1520 thirtyfold G5144 G2532 , some G1520 sixty G1835 , and G2532 some G1520 a hundred G1540 .
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21. He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it to be put on a lampstand?
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21. And G2532 he said G3004 unto them G846 , Is a G3385 candle G3088 brought G2064 to G2443 be put G5087 under G5259 a bushel G3426 , or G2228 under G5259 a bed G2825 ? and not G3756 to G2443 be set G2007 on G1909 a candlestick G3087 ?
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22. For nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light.
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22. For G1063 there is G2076 nothing G3756 G5100 hid G2927 , which G3739 shall not G3362 be manifested G5319 ; neither G3761 was G1096 any thing kept secret G614 , but G235 that G2443 it should come G2064 abroad G1519 G5318 .
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23. If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!"
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23. If any man G1536 have G2192 ears G3775 to hear G191 , let him hear G191 .
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24. Then He said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured and added to you.
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24. And G2532 he said G3004 unto them G846 , Take heed G991 what G5101 ye hear G191 : with G1722 what G3739 measure G3358 ye mete G3354 , it shall be measured G3354 to you G5213 : and G2532 unto you G5213 that hear G191 shall more be given G4369 .
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25. For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away."
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25. For G1063 he G3739 G302 that hath G2192 , to him G846 shall be given G1325 : and G2532 he G3739 that hath G2192 not G3756 , from G575 him G846 shall be taken G142 even G2532 that which G3739 he hath G2192 .
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26. "The kingdom of God is like this," He said. "A man scatters seed on the ground;
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26. And G2532 he said G3004 , So G3779 is G2076 the G3588 kingdom G932 of God G2316 , as G5613 if G1437 a man G444 should cast G906 seed G4703 into G1909 the G3588 ground G1093 ;
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27. he sleeps and rises-- night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows-- he doesn't know how.
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27. And G2532 should sleep G2518 , and G2532 rise G1453 night G3571 and G2532 day G2250 , and G2532 the G3588 seed G4703 should spring G985 and G2532 grow up G3373 , he G846 knoweth G1492 not G3756 how G5613 .
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28. The soil produces a crop by itself-- first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.
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28. For G1063 the G3588 earth G1093 bringeth forth fruit G2592 of herself G844 ; first G4412 the blade G5528 , then G1534 the ear G4719 , after G1534 that the G3588 full G4134 corn G4621 in G1722 the G3588 ear G4719 .
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29. But as soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because harvest has come."
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29. But G1161 when G3752 the G3588 fruit G2590 is brought forth G3860 , immediately G2112 he putteth in G649 the G3588 sickle G1407 , because G3754 the G3588 harvest G2326 is come G3936 .
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30. And He said: "How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?
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30. And G2532 he said G3004 , Whereunto G5101 shall we liken G3666 the G3588 kingdom G932 of God G2316 ? or G2228 with G1722 what G4169 comparison G3850 shall we compare G3846 it G846 ?
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31. It's like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.
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31. It is like G5613 a grain G2848 of mustard seed G4615 , which G3739 , when G3752 it is sown G4687 in G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 , is G2076 less G3398 than all G3956 the G3588 seeds G4690 that G3588 be G2076 in G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 :
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32. And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the vegetables, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade."
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32. But G2532 when G3752 it is sown G4687 , it groweth up G305 , and G2532 becometh G1096 greater G3187 than all G3956 herbs G3001 , and G2532 shooteth out G4160 great G3173 branches G2798 ; so that G5620 the G3588 fowls G4071 of the G3588 air G3772 may G1410 lodge G2681 under G5259 the G3588 shadow G4639 of it G846 .
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33. He would speak the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.
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33. And G2532 with many G4183 such G5108 parables G3850 spake G2980 he the G3588 word G3056 unto them G846 , as G2531 they were able G1410 to hear G191 it.
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34. And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.
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34. But G1161 without G5565 a parable G3850 spake G2980 he not G3756 unto them G846 : and G1161 when they were alone G2596 G2398 , he expounded G1956 all things G3956 to his G848 disciples G3101 .
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35. On that day, when evening had come, He told them, "Let's cross over to the other side of the lake."
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35. And G2532 the G1722 same G1565 day G2250 , when the even G3798 was come G1096 , he saith G3004 unto them G846 , Let us pass over G1330 unto G1519 the G3588 other side G4008 .
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36. So they left the crowd and took Him along since He was already in the boat. And other boats were with Him.
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36. And G2532 when they had sent away G863 the G3588 multitude G3793 , they took G3880 him G846 even as G5613 he was G2258 in G1722 the G3588 ship G4143 . And G1161 there were G2258 also G2532 with G3326 him G846 other G243 little ships G4142 .
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37. A fierce windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.
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37. And G2532 there arose G1096 a great G3173 storm G2978 of wind G417 , and G1161 the G3588 waves G2949 beat G1911 into G1519 the G3588 ship G4143 , so that G5620 it G846 was now full G1072 G2235 .
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38. But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, "Teacher! Don't you care that we're going to die?"
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38. And G2532 he G846 was G2258 in G1909 the G3588 hinder part of the ship G4403 , asleep G2518 on G1909 a pillow G4344 : and G2532 they awake G1326 him G846 , and G2532 say G3004 unto him G846 , Master G1320 , carest G3199 thou G4671 not G3756 that G3754 we perish G622 ?
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39. He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Silence! Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
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39. And G2532 he arose G1326 , and rebuked G2008 the G3588 wind G417 , and G2532 said G2036 unto the G3588 sea G2281 , Peace G4623 , be still G5392 . And G2532 the G3588 wind G417 ceased G2869 , and G2532 there was G1096 a great G3173 calm G1055 .
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40. Then He said to them, "Why are you fearful? Do you still have no faith?"
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40. And G2532 he said G2036 unto them G846 , Why G5101 are G2075 ye so G3779 fearful G1169 ? how G4459 is it that ye have G2192 no G3756 faith G4102 ?
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41. And they were terrified and asked one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!"
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41. And G2532 they feared G5399 exceedingly G3173 G5401 , and G2532 said G3004 one to another G240 G4314 , What manner of man G5101 G686 is G2076 this G3778 , that G3754 even G2532 the G3588 wind G417 and G2532 the G3588 sea G2281 obey G5219 him G846 ?
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