<vn='1'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="756">began</s><sn="3825">again</s> to <sn="1321">teach</s><sn="3844">by</s><sn="3588">the</s> sea <sn="2281">side</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> there was <sn="4863">gathered</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s> a <sn="4183">great</s><sn="3793">multitude</s>, so <sn="5620">that</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="1684">entered</s><sn="1519">into</s> a <sn="4143">ship</s>, and <sn="2521">sat</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3956">whole</s><sn="3793">multitude</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="4314">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">land</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="1321">taught</s><sn="846">them</s> many <sn="4183">things</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="3850">parables</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1322">doctrine</s>, </v>
<vn='3'><sn="191">Hearken</s>; <sn="2400">Behold</s>, there went <sn="1831">out</s> a <sn="4687">sower</s> to <sn="4687">sow</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, as he <sn="4687">sowed</s>, <sn="3739 3303">some</s><sn="4098">fell</s><sn="3844">by</s><sn="3588">the</s> way <sn="3598">side</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4071">fowls</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">air</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="2532">and</s> devoured it <sn="2719 846">up</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="243">some</s><sn="4098">fell</s><sn="1909">on</s> stony <sn="4075">ground</s>, <sn="3699">where</s> it <sn="2192">had</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="4183">much</s><sn="1093">earth</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2112">immediately</s> it sprang <sn="1816">up</s>, because it <sn="2192">had</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="899">depth</s> of <sn="1093">earth</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s> when the <sn="2246">sun</s> was <sn="393">up</s>, it was <sn="2739">scorched</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> because it <sn="2192">had</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="4491">root</s>, it withered <sn="3583">away</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="243">some</s><sn="4098">fell</s><sn="1519">among</s><sn="173">thorns</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="173">thorns</s> grew <sn="305">up</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4846">choked</s><sn="846">it</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> it <sn="1325">yielded</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="2590">fruit</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="243">other</s><sn="4098">fell</s><sn="1519">on</s><sn="2570">good</s><sn="1093">ground</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> did <sn="1325">yield</s><sn="2590">fruit</s> that sprang <sn="305">up</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="837">increased</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> brought <sn="5342">forth</s>, <sn="1520">some</s><sn="5144">thirty</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1520">some</s><sn="1835">sixty</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1520">some</s> a <sn="1540">hundred</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, He that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3775">ears</s> to <sn="191">hear</s>, let him <sn="191">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3753">when</s> he <sn="1096">was</s><sn="2651">alone</s>, <sn="3588">they</s> that were <sn="4012">about</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1427">twelve</s><sn="2065">asked</s> of <sn="846">him</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3850">parable</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, Unto <sn="5213">you</s> it is <sn="1325">given</s> to <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3466">mystery</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> unto <sn="1565">them</s><sn="3588">that</s> are <sn="1854">without</s>, all <i> these </i><sn="3956">things</s> are <sn="1096">done</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3850">parables</s>: </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2443">That</s><sn="991">seeing</s> they may <sn="991">see</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1492">perceive</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="191">hearing</s> they may <sn="191">hear</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="4920">understand</s>; lest at any <sn="3379">time</s> they should be <sn="1994">converted</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><i> their </i><sn="265">sins</s> should be <sn="863">forgiven</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="1492">Know</s> ye <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="3850">parable</s>? <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4459">how</s> then will ye <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3850">parables</s>? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3778">these</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="3588">they</s><sn="3844">by</s><sn="3588">the</s> way <sn="3598">side</s>, <sn="3699">where</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> is <sn="4687">sown</s>; <sn="2532">but</s><sn="3752">when</s> they have <sn="191">heard</s>, <sn="4567">Satan</s><sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="2112">immediately</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> taketh <sn="142">away</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> that was <sn="4687">sown</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">these</s><sn="1526">are</s> they likewise which are <sn="4687 3668">sown</s><sn="1909">on</s> stony <sn="4075">ground</s>; <sn="3739">who</s>, <sn="3752">when</s> they have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="2112">immediately</s><sn="2983">receive</s><sn="846">it</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="5479">gladness</s>; </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="4491">root</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1438">themselves</s>, <sn="235">and</s><sn="*1526">so</s> endure but for a <sn="4340">time</s>: <sn="1534">afterward</s>, when <sn="2347">affliction</s><sn="2228">or</s><sn="1375">persecution</s><sn="1096">ariseth</s> for the word's <sn="1223 3588 3056">sake</s>, <sn="2112">immediately</s> they are <sn="4624">offended</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">these</s><sn="1526">are</s> they which are <sn="4687">sown</s><sn="1519">among</s><sn="173">thorns</s>; such as <sn="191">hear</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>, </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3308">cares</s> of <sn="5127">this</s><sn="165">world</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="539">deceitfulness</s> of <sn="4149">riches</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1939">lusts</s><sn="4012">of</s> other <sn="3062">things</s> entering <sn="1531">in</s>, <sn="4846">choke</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> it <sn="1096">becometh</s><sn="175">unfruitful</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">these</s><sn="1526">are</s> they which are <sn="4687">sown</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="2570">good</s><sn="1093">ground</s>; such <sn="3748">as</s><sn="191">hear</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3858">receive</s><i> it, </i><sn="2532">and</s> bring forth <sn="2592">fruit</s>, <sn="1520">some</s><sn="5144 *2532">thirtyfold</s>, <sn="1520">some</s><sn="1835">sixty</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1520">some</s> a <sn="1540">hundred</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, Is <sn="*3385">a</s><sn="3088">candle</s><sn="2064">brought</s><sn="2443">to</s> be <sn="5087">put</s><sn="5259">under</s> a <sn="3426">bushel</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="5259">under</s> a <sn="2825">bed</s>? and <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2443">to</s> be <sn="2007">set</s><sn="1909">on</s> a <sn="3087">candlestick</s>? </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1063">For</s> there <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756 5100">nothing</s><sn="2927">hid</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> shall <sn="*3362">not</s> be <sn="5319">manifested</s>; <sn="3761">neither</s><sn="1096">was</s> any thing kept <sn="614">secret</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2443">that</s> it should <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1519 5318">abroad</s>. </v>
<vn='23'> If any <sn="1536">man</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="3775">ears</s> to <sn="191">hear</s>, let him <sn="191">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, Take <sn="991">heed</s><sn="5101">what</s> ye <sn="191">hear</s>: <sn="1722">with</s><sn="3739">what</s><sn="3358">measure</s> ye <sn="3354">mete</s>, it shall be <sn="3354">measured</s> to <sn="5213">you</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s> that <sn="191">hear</s> shall more be <sn="4369">given</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3739 302">he</s> that <sn="2192">hath</s>, to <sn="846">him</s> shall be <sn="1325">given</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3739">he</s> that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="575">from</s><sn="846">him</s> shall be <sn="142">taken</s><sn="2532">even</s> that <sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="2192">hath</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s>, <sn="3779">So</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="1437">if</s> a <sn="444">man</s> should <sn="906">cast</s><sn="4703">seed</s><sn="1909">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">ground</s>; </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2532">And</s> should <sn="2518">sleep</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1453">rise</s><sn="3571">night</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2250">day</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4703">seed</s> should <sn="985">spring</s><sn="2532">and</s> grow <sn="3373">up</s>, <sn="846">he</s><sn="1492">knoweth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="5613">how</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s> bringeth forth <sn="2592">fruit</s> of <sn="844">herself</s>; <sn="4412">first</s> the <sn="5528">blade</s>, <sn="1534">then</s> the <sn="4719">ear</s>, <sn="1534">after</s> that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4134">full</s><sn="4621">corn</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4719">ear</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3752">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2590">fruit</s> is brought <sn="3860">forth</s>, <sn="2112">immediately</s> he putteth <sn="649">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1407">sickle</s>, <sn="3754">because</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2326">harvest</s> is <sn="3936">come</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s>, <sn="5101">Whereunto</s> shall we <sn="3666">liken</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>? <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="4169">what</s><sn="3850">comparison</s> shall we <sn="3846">compare</s><sn="846">it</s>? </v>
<vn='31'><i> It is </i><sn="5613">like</s> a <sn="2848">grain</s> of mustard <sn="4615">seed</s>, <sn="3739">which</s>, <sn="3752">when</s> it is <sn="4687">sown</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3398">less</s> than <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4690">seeds</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="2076">be</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>: </v>
<vn='32'><sn="2532">But</s><sn="3752">when</s> it is <sn="4687">sown</s>, it groweth <sn="305">up</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1096">becometh</s><sn="3187">greater</s> than <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3001">herbs</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shooteth <sn="4160">out</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="2798">branches</s>; so <sn="5620">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4071">fowls</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">air</s><sn="1410">may</s><sn="2681">lodge</s><sn="5259">under</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4639">shadow</s> of <sn="846">it</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="2532">And</s> with <sn="4183">many</s><sn="5108">such</s><sn="3850">parables</s><sn="2980">spake</s> he <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> they were <sn="1410">able</s> to <sn="191">hear</s> it. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="5565">without</s> a <sn="3850">parable</s><sn="2980">spake</s> he <sn="3756">not</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>: <sn="1161">and</s> when they were <sn="2596 2398">alone</s>, he <sn="1956">expounded</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> to <sn="848">his</s><sn="3101">disciples</s>. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="*1722">the</s><sn="1565">same</s><sn="2250">day</s>, when the <sn="3798">even</s> was <sn="1096">come</s>, he <sn="3004">saith</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, Let us pass <sn="1330">over</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s> other <sn="4008">side</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="2532">And</s> when they had sent <sn="863">away</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3793">multitude</s>, they <sn="3880">took</s><sn="846">him</s> even <sn="5613">as</s> he <sn="2258">was</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4143">ship</s>. <sn="1161">And</s> there <sn="2258">were</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="243">other</s> little <sn="4142">ships</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="1096">arose</s> a <sn="3173">great</s><sn="2978">storm</s> of <sn="417">wind</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2949">waves</s><sn="1911">beat</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4143">ship</s>, so <sn="5620">that</s><sn="846">it</s> was now <sn="1072 2235">full</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="3588">the</s> hinder part of the <sn="4403">ship</s>, <sn="2518">asleep</s><sn="1909">on</s> a <sn="4344">pillow</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="1326">awake</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1320">Master</s>, <sn="3199">carest</s><sn="4671">thou</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3754">that</s> we <sn="622">perish</s>? </v>
<vn='39'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="1326">arose</s>, and <sn="2008">rebuked</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="417">wind</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s>, <sn="4623">Peace</s>, be <sn="5392">still</s>. <sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="417">wind</s><sn="2869">ceased</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> there <sn="1096">was</s> a <sn="3173">great</s><sn="1055">calm</s>. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5101">Why</s><sn="2075">are</s> ye <sn="3779">so</s><sn="1169">fearful</s>? <sn="4459">how</s> is it that ye <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="4102">faith</s>? </v>
<vn='41'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="5399">feared</s><sn="3173 5401">exceedingly</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">said</s> one to <sn="240 4314">another</s>, What manner of <sn="5101 686">man</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3778">this</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="2532">even</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="417">wind</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s><sn="5219">obey</s><sn="846">him</s>? </v>