Matthew 13:4-10

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4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 And others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 And others fell ¹among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. 8 And others fell on the good soil and were yielding ¹a crop, some a ^ahundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 ^aHe who has ears, ¹let him hear.”

The Purpose of the Parables

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”