1    ^noteAnd againe he began to teach at the sea side: and a great multitude vvas gathered together vnto him, so that he vvent vp into a boate, and sate in the sea, and al the multitude about the sea vvas vpon the land:

2   and he taught them in parables many things, and said to them in his doctrine,

3   Heare ye:

3   Behold, the sovver vvent forth to sovv.

4   And vvhiles he sovveth, some fel by the vvay side, and the foules of the aire came, and did eate it.

5   And othersome fel vpon rocky places vvhere it had not much earth: and it shot vp immediatly, because it had not deepnes of earth:

6   and vvhen the sunne was risen, it parched, and because it had not roote, it vvithered.

7   And some fel among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it yelded not fruite.

8   And some fel vpon good ground: and it yelded fruite that grewe vp and increased, and it brought forth, one thirtie, one sixtie, and one an hundred.

9   And he said, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

10   And vvhen he vvas alone, the Tvvelue that vvere vvith him, asked him the parable.

11   And he said to them, To you it is giuen to knovv the mysterie of the kingdom of God: but to ^note them that are vvithout, al things are done in parables:

12   that ^note seeing they may see, and not see: and hearing they may heare, and not vnderstand:09Q0606 lest at any time they should be conuerted and their sinnes be forgiuen them.

13   And he saith to them, Do you not knovv this parable? and hovv shal you knovv al parables?

14   He that sovveth: sovveth the vvord.

15   And they by the vvay side, are these: vvhere the vvord is sovven, and vvhen they shal haue heard, immediatly commeth Satan, and taketh avvay the vvord that vvas sovven in their hartes.

16   And thy likevvise that are sovven vpon the rocky places, are these: vvho vvhen they heare the vvord, immediatly vvith ioy receiue it:

17   and they haue not roote

in them selues, but are temporal: aftervvard vvhen tribulation is risen and persecution for the vvord, forthvvith they are scandalized.

18   And other there be that are sovven among thornes: these are they that heare the vvord,

19   and the cares of the vvorld and the deceitfulnes of riches, and concupiscences about other things entring in choke the vvord, and it is made fruiteles.

20   And these are they that vvere sovven vpon the good ground, vvhich heare the vvord and receiue it, and yeld fruite one thirtie, one sixtie, and one an hundred.

21   And he said to them, ^note Commeth a candel to be put ^note vnder a bushel, or vnder a bed? and not to be put vpon the candlesticke?

22   For there is nothing hid, vvhich shal not be made manifest: neither vvas any thing made secret, but that it shal come to light.

23   If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

24   And he said to them, See vvhat you heare. ^noteIn vvhat measure you mete, it shal be measured to you againe, and more shal be giuen ^note to you.

25   For he that hath, to him shal be giuen: and he that hath not, that also vvhich he hath, shal be taken avvay from him.

26   And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man cast seede into the earth,

27   09Q0607and sleepe, and rise vp night and day, and the seede spring, and grovve vp vvhiles he knovveth not.

28   For the earth of it self bringeth forth fruite, first the blade, then the eare, aftervvard the ful corne in the eare.

29   And vvhen the fruite hath brought out it self, immediatly he putteth in the sickle, because haruest is come.

30    ^noteAnd he said, To vvhat shal vve liken the kingdom of God? or to vvhat parable shal vve compare it?

31   As a09Q0608 mustard seede: vvich vvhen it is sovven in the earth, is lesse then al the seedes that are in the earth:

32   and vvhen it is sovven, it riseth vp, and becommeth greater then al herbes, and maketh great boughes, so that the09Q0609 birdes of the aire may dvvel vnder the shadovv thereof.

33   And vvith many such parables he spake to them the vvord, according as they vvere able to heare:

34   and vvithout parable he did not speake vnto them. but apart, he explicated al things to his Disciples.

35   And he saith to them in that day, vvhen euening vvas come, ^note Let vs passe ouer to the other side.

36   And dimissing the multitude, they take him so as he vvas in the boate: and there

vvere other boates vvith him.

37   And there arose a great storme of vvinde, and the vvaues bette into the boate, so that the boate vvas filled.

38   And he vvas in the hinder part of the boate sleeping vpon a pillovv: and they raise him, and say to him, Maister, doth it not pertaine to thee that vve perish?

39   And rising vp he threatened the vvinde, and said to the sea, Peace, be stil. And the vvinde ceased: and there vvas made a great calme.

40   And he said to them, Why are you feareful? neither yet haue you faith? And they feared vvith great feare: and they said one to an other, who is this (thinkest thou) that both vvinde and sea obey him?

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