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And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked
him concerning the parables. 11 And he said to them, "To you has been
given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is
in parables: 12 so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and
may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be
forgiven. 13 And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable?
How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word.
15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when they
hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in
them. 16 And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground, who,
when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; 17 and they have
no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or
persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. 18
And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the
word, 19 but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire
for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20
But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word
and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a
hundredfold." 21 And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be
put under a bushel or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 For there is
nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to
come to light. 23 If any many has ears to hear, let him hear." 24 And
he said to them, "Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will
be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. 25 For to him who
has will more be given and from him who has not, even what he has will be
taken away." 26 And he said, "The kingdom of God
is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, 27 and should sleep and
rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
28 The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the
full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in
the sickle, because the harvest has come." 30 And he said, "With
what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for
it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the
ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; 32 yet when it is sown
it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large
branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to
hear it; 34 he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to
his own disciples he explained everything.
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And they come to Bethsaida.
And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him that he would touch. 23
and laying hold of the hand of the blind man he led forth him outside the
village, and spitting in the eyes of him, putting on the hands on him
questioned him: If anything thou seest? And looking up he said I see men
that as trees I behold walking. 25 Then again he put on the hands on
the eyes of him, and he looked steadily and was restored, and saw clearly
all things. 26 and he sent him to house of him saying: Not into the village
thou mayest enter.
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