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Matthew 13:18
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

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Matthew 13:19
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

Luke 8:11
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

Mark 4:14
The seed is the word.

Mark 4:15
And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

Luke 8:5
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

Hosea 10:12
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

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Mark 4:10
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

Luke 8:9
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

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