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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.

Matthew 13:3
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

Matthew 13:4
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

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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Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

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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