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1 And he be­gan again to teach by the sea side: and there was gath­ered unto him a great mul­ti­tude, so that he en­tered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole mul­ti­tude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by para­bles, and said unto them in his doc­trine, 3 Hear­ken; Be­hold, there went out a sow­er to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and de­voured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and im­me­di­ate­ly it sprang up, be­cause it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and be­cause it had no root, it with­ered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yield­ed no fruit. 8 And oth­er fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and in­creased; and brought forth, some thir­ty, and some six­ty, and some an hun­dred. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the para­ble. 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is giv­en to know the mys­tery of the king­dom of God: but unto them that are with­out, all these things are done in para­bles: 12 That see­ing they may see, and not per­ceive; and hear­ing they may hear, and not un­der­stand; lest at any time they should be con­vert­ed, and their sins should be for­giv­en them. 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this para­ble? and how then will ye know all para­bles? 14 The sow­er soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Sa­tan cometh im­me­di­ate­ly, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they like­wise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, im­me­di­ate­ly re­ceive it with glad­ness; 17 And have no root in them­selves, and so en­dure but for a time: af­ter­ward, when af­flic­tion or per­se­cu­tion ariseth for the word's sake, im­me­di­ate­ly they are of­fend­ed. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the de­ceit­ful­ness of rich­es, and the lusts of oth­er things en­ter­ing in, choke the word, and it be­cometh un­fruit­ful. 20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and re­ceive it, and bring forth fruit, some thir­ty­fold, some six­ty, and some an hun­dred. 21 And he said unto them, Is a can­dle brought to be put un­der a bushel, or un­der a bed? and not to be set on a can­dle­stick? 22 For there is noth­ing hid, which shall not be man­i­fest­ed; nei­ther was any thing kept se­cret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what mea­sure ye mete, it shall be mea­sured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be giv­en. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be giv­en: and he that hath not, from him shall be tak­en even that which he hath. 26 And he said, So is the king­dom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of her­self; first the blade, then the ear, af­ter that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, im­me­di­ate­ly he put­teth in the sick­le, be­cause the har­vest is come. 30 And he said, Where­un­to shall we liken the king­dom of God? or with what com­par­i­son shall we com­pare it? 31 It is like a grain of mus­tard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: 32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and be­cometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branch­es; so that the fowls of the air may lodge un­der the shad­ow of it. 33 And with many such para­bles spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. 34 But with­out a para­ble spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he ex­pound­ed all things to his dis­ci­ples. 35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the oth­er side. 36 And when they had sent away the mul­ti­tude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him oth­er lit­tle ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hin­der part of the ship, asleep on a pil­low: and they awake him, and say unto him, Mas­ter, carest thou not that we per­ish? 39 And he arose, and re­buked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fear­ful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared ex­ceed­ing­ly, and said one to an­oth­er, What man­ner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?