Matthew 13:18
“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
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Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
Luke 8:11
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Matthew 13:3
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
Matthew 13:4
As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
Mark 4:14
The farmer sows the word.
Mark 4:15
The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Luke 8:5
“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
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Matthew 13:10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:16
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Matthew 13:17
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
Mark 4:10
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Luke 8:9
Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
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