1Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

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Mark 2:13, Luke 5:1, Luke 5:3, Mark 2:13, Luke 5:1

2Then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

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Mark 4:11, Mark 3:23, Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35, Mark 4:11

3"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

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Mark 4:26, Mark 4:29, James 2:5, Deuteronomy 4:1, John 4:35

4and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

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Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:19, Mark 4:15, Mark 4:15, Matthew 13:4

5Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

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Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 36:26, Luke 8:6, Luke 8:13, Amos 6:12

6But when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

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James 1:11, James 1:11, Colossians 2:7, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 1:4

7Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

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Jeremiah 4:3, Jeremiah 4:3, Luke 8:14, Luke 8:14, 1 John 2:15

8Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."

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John 15:5, John 15:5, Colossians 1:6, Colossians 1:6, Mark 4:20

9He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

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Matthew 11:15, Matthew 11:15, Mark 4:23, Mark 4:24, Mark 4:23

10When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

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Matthew 13:10, Matthew 13:17, Matthew 13:10, Matthew 13:17, Mark 4:34

11And he said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

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Matthew 11:25, Matthew 11:25, Luke 8:10, Luke 8:10, James 1:16

12that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should return and be forgiven.'"

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Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 44:18

13And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

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Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, Matthew 16:8, Matthew 16:9, Matthew 13:51

14The farmer sows the word.

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Acts 8:4, Acts 8:4, Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:19, Luke 8:11

15The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

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1 Peter 5:8, 1 Peter 5:8, Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:19, Luke 8:12

16These are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

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Mark 6:20, Luke 8:13, Mark 6:20, Luke 8:13, Matthew 13:20

17They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

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Matthew 11:6, Matthew 11:6, 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 3:3

18And others are those who are sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

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Luke 8:14, Luke 8:14, Jeremiah 4:3, Matthew 13:22, Jeremiah 4:3

19but the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:17, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:17, 1 Timothy 6:9

20But those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

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Colossians 1:10, Colossians 1:10, Luke 8:15, Luke 8:15, John 15:4

21And he said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is not it put on a stand?

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Matthew 5:15, Matthew 5:15, Luke 11:33, Luke 11:33, Luke 8:16

22For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

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Luke 8:17, Luke 8:17, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Ecclesiastes 12:14, 1 Corinthians 4:5

23If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

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Matthew 11:15, Mark 4:9, Matthew 11:15, Mark 4:9, Revelation 2:7

24And he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.

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Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 2:1, Luke 8:18, Luke 8:18, Matthew 7:2

25For whoever has, more will be given, and he who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."

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Matthew 13:12, Matthew 13:12, Luke 8:18, Luke 8:18, Matthew 25:28

26And he said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

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Matthew 13:24, Matthew 13:24, 1 Corinthians 3:6, 1 Corinthians 3:9, 1 Corinthians 3:6

27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he does not know how.

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Ecclesiastes 11:5, Ecclesiastes 11:5, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Corinthians 15:37

28For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

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Mark 4:31, Mark 4:32, Philippians 1:9, Philippians 1:11, Hosea 6:3

29But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."

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Joel 3:13, Joel 3:13, Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:40, Matthew 13:43

30And he said, "To what will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we use for it?

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Matthew 13:31, Matthew 13:32, Matthew 13:31, Matthew 13:32, Luke 13:18

31It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

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Acts 19:20, Luke 13:18, Luke 13:19, Acts 19:20, Luke 13:18

32yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

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Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 4:10

33With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

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Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35, John 16:12

34Without a parable he did not speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

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John 16:25, John 16:25, Mark 4:10, Matthew 15:15, Matthew 15:20

35On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."

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Matthew 8:18, Matthew 8:18, Luke 8:25, Luke 8:22, Luke 8:25

36Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other boats were also with him.

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Mark 4:1, Mark 3:9, Mark 4:1, Mark 3:9, Mark 5:2

37A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

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Matthew 8:23, Matthew 8:24, Matthew 8:23, Matthew 8:24, Job 1:19

38He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?"

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1 Peter 5:7, 1 Peter 5:7, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 4:15, Isaiah 54:6

39And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

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Psalms 107:29, Psalms 107:29, Psalms 89:9, Psalms 89:9, Psalms 65:7

40And he said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"

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Luke 8:25, Luke 8:25, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 14:31

41And they were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

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Luke 8:25, Job 38:11, Luke 8:25, Job 38:11, Jonah 1:15