Luke 8:1–9
1Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,↗
2and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;↗
3and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions.↗
4When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable:↗
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.↗
6Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.↗
7Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.↗
8Some fell into the good ground and grew and produced one hundred times as much fruit.”As he said these things, he called out,“He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”↗
9Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”↗
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