1 And he beganne againe to teach by the Sea side: and there was gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that he entred into a ship, and sate in the Sea: and the whole multitude was by the Sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken, Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to passe as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules of the aire came, & deuoured it vp.
5 And some fell on stonie ground, where it had not much earth: and immediately it sprang vp, because it had no depth of earth.
6 But when the Sunne was vp, it was scorched, and because it had no roote, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thornes, and the thornes grew vp, and choked it, and it yeelded no fruite.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yeeld fruite that sprang vp, and increased, and brought foorth some thirtie, & some sixtie, & some an hundred.
9 And he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Mk 4:1-9
Parable of the Sower. (1769). Holy Bible: Gospel According to Mark; Authorized King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition. Oxford, England.
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