Mark 4:18-32
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18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
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19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
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21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
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22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
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23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
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24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
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25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
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26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
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27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
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28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
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29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
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30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
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31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
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32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.