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The Book of Mark, Chapter 4, Verse 2

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And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
King James Version
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
American Standard Version
And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
New English Translation
Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
World English Bible
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
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‹Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:›
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‹And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.›
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‹And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:›
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‹But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.›
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‹And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.›
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‹And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.›
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And he said unto them, ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›
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And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
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And he said unto them, ‹Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all› [these] ‹things are done in parables:›
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‹That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and› [their] ‹sins should be forgiven them.›