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1. Again Jesus began teaching by the lake. A great crowd gathered around him, so he sat down in a boat near the shore. All the people stayed on the shore close to the water.
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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. Jesus taught them many things, using stories. He said,
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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! A farmer went out to plant his seed.
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3. Hearken G191 ; Behold G2400 , there went out G1831 a sower G4687 to sow G4687 :
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4. While he was planting, some seed fell by the road, 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. Some seed fell on rocky ground where there wasn't much dirt. That seed grew very fast, because the ground was not deep.
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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. But when the sun rose, the plants dried up because they did not have deep roots.
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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. Some other seed fell among thorny weeds, which grew and choked the good plants. So those plants did not 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. Some other seed fell on good ground and began to grow. It got taller and produced a crop. Some plants made thirty times more, some made sixty times more, and some made a hundred times more."
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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 Jesus said, "You people who can hear me, 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. Later, when Jesus was alone, the twelve apostles and others around him asked him about the stories.
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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. Jesus said, "You can know the secret about the kingdom of God. But to other people I tell everything by using stories
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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 will look and look, but they will not learn. They will listen and listen, but they will not understand. If they did learn and understand, they would come back to me 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 Jesus said to his followers, "Don't you understand this story? If you don't, how will you understand any story?
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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 farmer is like a person who plants God's message in people.
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14. The G3588 sower G4687 soweth G4687 the G3588 word G3056 .
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15. Sometimes the teaching falls on the road. This is like the people who hear the teaching of God, but Satan quickly comes and takes away the teaching that was planted 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. Others are like the seed planted on rocky ground. They hear the teaching and quickly accept 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 since they don't allow the teaching to go deep into their lives, they keep it only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the teaching they accepted, they quickly give up.
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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 like the seed planted among the thorny weeds. They hear the teaching,
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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 life, the temptation of wealth, and many other evil desires keep the teaching from growing and producing fruitn in their lives.
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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. Others are like the seed planted in the good ground. They hear the teaching and accept it. Then they grow and produce fruit -- sometimes thirty times more, sometimes sixty times more, and sometimes a hundred times more."
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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. Then Jesus said to them, "Do you hide a lamp under a bowl or under a bed? No! You put the lamp 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. Everything that is hidden will be made clear and every secret thing will be made known.
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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. You people who can hear me, 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. Think carefully about what you hear. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you, but God will give you even more.
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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. Those who have understanding will be given more. But those who do not have understanding, even what they have will be taken away from them."
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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. Then Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who plants seed in 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. Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still grows, but the person does not know how it grows.
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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. By itself the earth produces grain. First the plant grows, then the head, and then all the grain in 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. When the grain is ready, the farmer cuts it, because this is the harvest time."
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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. Then Jesus said, "How can I show you what the kingdom of God is like? What story can I use to explain 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. The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, the smallest seed you plant in 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. But when planted, this seed grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants. It produces large branches, and the wild birds can make nests 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. Jesus used many stories like these to teach the crowd God's message -- as much as they could 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. He always used stories to teach them. But when he and his followers were alone, Jesus explained everything to them.
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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. That evening, Jesus said to his followers, "Let's go across 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. Leaving the crowd behind, they took him in the boat just as he was. There were also other boats with them.
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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 very strong wind came up on the lake. The waves came over the sides and into the boat so that it was already full of water.
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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. Jesus was at the back of the boat, sleeping with his head on a cushion. His followers woke him and said, "Teacher, don't you care that we are drowning!"
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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. Jesus stood up and commanded the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind stopped, and it became completely 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. Jesus said to his followers, "Why are you afraid? 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. The followers were very afraid and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves 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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