17Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. * 16 e “But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. They will hardly hear with their ears, they have closed their eyes,Īnd understand with their heart and be converted, ‘You shall indeed hear but not understand, 13 * c This is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.’ 14 d Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: 12 b To anyone who has, more will be given * and he will grow rich from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 10The disciples approached him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 * He said to them in reply, “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.

8But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. 7Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.

It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, 6and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. 5Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. 3 * And he spoke to them at length in parables, * saying: “A sower went out to sow. a 2Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. 1 * On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.

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