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The Book of Mark, Chapter 4, Verse 14

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And he said unto them, ‹Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?›
King James Version
‹The sower soweth the word.›
American Standard Version
The sower soweth the word.
New English Translation
But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
World English Bible
The farmer sows the word.
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‹And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.›
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‹And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;›
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‹And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.›
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‹And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,›
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‹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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‹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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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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‹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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‹If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.›
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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.›