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Jesus replied, “The Son of Man is the farmer who plants the good seed.

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This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet: “I will speak to you in parables. I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.”

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Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

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highlighted Matthew 13:23 NLT

The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

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highlighted Matthew 13:22 NLT

The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced.

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highlighted Matthew 13:21 NLT

But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God’s word.

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highlighted Matthew 13:20 NLT

The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy.

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highlighted Matthew 13:19 NLT

The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don’t understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts.

almost 9 years ago

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highlighted Matthew 13:15 NLT

For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.’

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highlighted Matthew 13:14 NLT

This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says, ‘When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.

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highlighted Matthew 13:13 NLT

That is why I use these parables, For they look, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.

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highlighted Matthew 13:12 NLT

To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.

almost 9 years ago

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highlighted Matthew 12:50 NLT

Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”

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highlighted Matthew 12:44 NLT

Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.

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highlighted Matthew 12:43 NLT

“When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.

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highlighted Matthew 12:45 NLT

Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”

almost 9 years ago

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highlighted Matthew 12:38 NLT

One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority.”

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highlighted Matthew 12:39 NLT

But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.

almost 9 years ago

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highlighted Matthew 12:28 NLT

But if I am casting out demons by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you.

almost 9 years ago

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highlighted Matthew 12:25 NLT

Jesus knew their thoughts and replied, “Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A town or family splintered by feuding will fall apart.

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