Mark 4:13 References
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aAnd He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
a Matthew 13:18-23, Luke 8:11-15
Matthew 13
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"When anyone hears athe word of the kingdom and does not understand it, bthe evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
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"The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
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yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he afalls away.
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"And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of athe world and the bdeceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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"And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some aa hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty."
Luke 8
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"Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.
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"Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.
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"The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
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"But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.