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b'ESV \\xa0Matthew 13:1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.\\xa02 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.\\xa03 And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.\\xa04 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.\\xa05 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,\\xa06 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.\\xa07 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.\\xa08 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.\\xa09 He who has ears, let him hear."\\xa010 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"\\xa011 And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.\\xa012 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.\\xa013 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.\\xa014 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "\'"You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive."\\xa015 For this people\'s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.\'\\xa016 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.\\xa017 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.\\xa018 "Hear then the parable of the sower:\\xa019 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.\\xa020 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,\\xa021 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.\\xa022 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.\\xa023 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."\\xa0(Mat 13:1-23 ESV)'