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Luke 8:4-10
As a large crowd was gathering, and people were coming to Jesus from every town, he said in a parable,“ A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.Other seed fell on the rock; when it grew up, it withered away, since it lacked moisture.Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns grew up with it and choked it.Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.” As he said this, he called out,“ Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”Then his disciples asked him,“ What does this parable mean?”So he said,“ The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that Looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
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Matthew 13:1-15
On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.Then he told them many things in parables, saying,“ Consider the sower who went out to sow.As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it.Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.Let anyone who has ears listen.”Then the disciples came up and asked him,“ Why are you speaking to them in parables?”He answered,“ Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You will listen and listen, but never understand; you will look and look, but never perceive.For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back— and I would heal them.
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Mark 4:1-12
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 by the sea on the shore.He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them,“ Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly, since the soil wasn’t deep.When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit.Still other seed fell on good ground and it grew up, producing fruit that increased thirty, sixty, and a hundred times.”Then he said,“ Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”When he was alone, those around him with the Twelve asked him about the parables.He answered them,“ The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parablesso that they may indeed look, and yet not perceive; they may indeed listen, and yet not understand; otherwise, they might turn back and be forgiven.”
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Mark 2:13
Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
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Matthew 13:36
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said,“ Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
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Matthew 9:28
When he entered the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them,“ Do you believe that I can do this?” They said to him,“ Yes, Lord.”