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1 ONCE AGAIN JESUS BEGAN TEACHIBG BY THE LAKESHORE. THERE WAS SUCH A LARG CROWD ALONG THE SHORE THAT HE GOT INTO A BOAT AND SAT DOWN AND SPOKE FROM THERE. 2 HE BEGAN TO TEACH THE PEOPLE BY TELLING MANY STORES SUCH AS THIS ONE. 3 LISTEN! A FARMER WENT OUT TO PLANT SOME SEED FELL ON A FOOT PATH, AND THE BIRD CAME AND ATE IT. 5 AOTHER SEED FELL ON SHALLOWING SOIL WITH UNDERLYING ROCK. THE PLANT SPRANG UP QUICLY, 6 BUT IT SOON WILTED BENATH THE HOT SUN AND DIED BECAUSE THE ROOTS HAD NO NOURISHMENT IN THE SHALLOW SOIL. 7 OTHER SEED FELL ALONG THORNS THAT SHOT UP AND CHOKED OUT THE TENDER BLADES SO THAT IT PRODUCED NO GAIN. 8 STILL OTHER SEED FELL ON FERTILE SOIL AND PRODUCED A CROP THAT WAS THIRTY, SIXTY, AND EVEN A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH AS HAD BEEN PLANTED. THEN HE SAID, 9 ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO HEAR SHOULD LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND! 10 LATER, WHEN JESUS WAS ALONE WITH THE TWELVE DISCIPLES AND WITH THE OTHERS WHO WERE GATHERED AROUND, THEY ASKED HIM, WHAT DO YOUR STORIES MEAN? 11 HE REPLIED, YOU ARE PERMITTED TO UNDERSTAND THE SECRET ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. BUT I AM USING THESE STROIES TO CONCEAL EVERYTHING ABOUT IT FROM OUTSIDEERS. 12 SO THAT THE SCRIPTURES MIGHT FULFILLED: THEY SEE WHAT I DO, BUT THEY DON'T PERSEIVE ITS MEANING. THEY HERA MY WORDS, BUT THEY DON'T PERCIVE ITS MEANING. THEY HAVE MY WORDS, BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, SO THEY WILL NOT TURN FROM THEIR SINS AND BE FORGIVEN. 13 BUT IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS STROY, HOW WILL YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THE OTHERS I AM GOING TO TELL? 14 THE FARMER I TALKED ABOUT IS THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOD'S MESSAGE TO OTHERS. 15 THE SEED THAT FELL ON THE HARD PATH REPRESENTS THOS WHO HEAR THE MESSAGES, BUT THEN SATAN COMES AT ONCE AND TAKES OT AWAY FROM THEM. 16 THE ROKEY SOIL REPRESENTS THOSE WHO HEAR THE MESSGAE AND RECIVE IT WITH JOY. 17 BUT LIKE YOUNG PALNTS IN SUCH SOIL, THEIR ROOTS DON'T GO VERY DEEP. AT FIRST THEU GET ALONG FINE,  BUT THEY WILT AS SOON AS THEY HAVE PROBLEMS ARE PERSECUTED BECAUSE THEY BELIVE THE WORD. 18 THE THORNY GROUNDREPRESENTS THOSW WHO HEAR AND ACCEPT THE GOOD NEWS, 19 BUT ALL TO QUICLY THE MESSAGE IS CROWNED OUT BY THE CARES OF THEIS LIFE, THE LURE OF WEALTHE, AND THE DESIRE FOR NICE THINGS, SO NO CROP IS PRODUCED. 20 BUT THE GOOD SOIL REPRESENTS THOSE WHO HEAR AND ACCEPT FOD'S MESSAGE AND PRODUCE A HUGE HARVEST THIRTY, SIXTY, OR EVEN A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH AS HAD PLANTED. 21 THEN JESUS ASKED THEM, WOULD ANYONE LIGHT A LAMP AND THEN PUT IT UNDER A BASKET OR UNDER A BED TO SHOT OUT THE LIGHT? OF COURSE NOT! A LAMP IS PLACED ON A STAND, WHERE ITS LIGHT WILL SHINE. 22 EVERYTHING THAT IS NOW HIDDEN OR SECRET WILL EVENTYALLY BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. 23 ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO HEAR SHOULD LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND! 24 AND BE SURE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU HEAR. THE MOREYOU DO THIS, THE MORE YOU DO WILL UNDERSTAND AND EVEN MORE, BESIDES. 25 TO THOSE WHO ARE OPEN TO MY TEACHING MORE UNDERSTANING WILL BE GIVEN. BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT LISTENING, EVEN WHAT THEY HAVE WILL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. 26 JESUS ALSO SAID, HERE IS ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE: A FARMER PLANTED SEEDS IN A FILD, 27 AND THEN HE WENT ON WITH HIS OTHER ACTIVITIES. AS THE DAYS WENT BY , THE SEEDS SPROUTED AND GREW WITHOUT HTE FARMER'S HELP, 28 BECAUSE THE EARTH PRODUCE CROPS ON ITS OWN. FIRST A LEAF BALDE PUSHES THROUGHT, THEN THE HEADS OF WHEAT ARE FORMED,AND FINLLY THE GRAIN RIPENS. 29 AND AS SOON AS THE GRAIN IS READY, THE FARMER COMES AND HARVESTS IT WITH A SICKLE. 30 JESUS ASKED, HOW CAN I DESCRIBE THE KINGDOM OF GOD? WHAT STROY SHOULD I USE TO ILLUSTRATE IT? 31 IT IS LIKE A TINY MUSTAND SEED. THOUGH THIS IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST OF SEEDS, 32 IT GROWS TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGET PF PLANTS, WITH LONG BRANCHS WHERE BIRDS CAN COME AND FIND SHELTER. 33 HE USED MANY SUCH STROIES AND ILLUSTATTIONS TO TEACH THE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS THEY WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, 34 INFACT, IN HIS PUBLIC TEACHING HE TAUGHT ONLY WITH PARABLES, BUT AFTERWARD WHEN HE WAS ALONG WITH HIS DISCIPLES, HE EXPLAINED THE MEANING TO THEM. 35 AS EVEING CAME, JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, LET'S CROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE. 36 HE WAS ALREADY ON THE BOAT, SO THEY STARTED OUT, LEAVING THE CROWD BEHIND ALTHOUGH OTHER BOATS FOLLOWED. 37 BUT SOON A FIERCE STOM AROSE. HIGH WAVES BEGAN TO BREAK INTO THE BOAT UNTIL IT WAS NEARLY FULL OF WATER. 38 JESUS WAS SLEEPING AT THE BACK OF THE BOAT WITH HIS HEAD ON A CUSHION. FRANTICALLY THEY WOKE HIM UP, SHOUTING, TEACHER, DON'T YOU EVEN CARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DROWN? 39 WHEN HE WOKE UP, HE REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID TO THE WATER, QUIET DOWN! SUDDENLY THE WIND STOPPED, AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM. 40 AND HE ASKED THEM, WHY ARE YOU AS AFRAID? DO YOU STILL NOT HEAV FAITH IN ME? 41 AND THEY WERE FILLED WITH AWE AND SAID AMONG THEMSELVES, WHO IS THIS MAN, THAT EVEN THE WIND AND WAVES OBEY HIM?