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Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."

ἡ hē “the”οἱ hoi “the”αἱ hai “the”

"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.

ἡ hē “the”οἱ hoi “the”

And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said,

τοὺς tous “those who”ἡ hē “the”οἱ hoi “the”

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

τὸ to “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.

τὴν tēn “the”τὸ to “<the>”τῇ tēa “the”ὁ ho “the”τὴν tēn “the”τῆς tēs “the”

Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

τῇ tēa “the”

"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.

ὁ ho “the [one]”τοῦ tou “of the”

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

τῷ tō “<the>”τὴν tēn “the”τὰ ta “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

τὸ to “the”τὸ to “the”

but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.

ὁ ho “the”τὸ to “<the>”

Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.

τὰς tas “the”αἱ hai “the”

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

τὴν tēn “the”τὴν tēn “<the>”

When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.

οἱ hoi “those”τοῖς tois “the”τὰς tas “about the”

"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

τὸ to “the”τῆς tēs “of the”τοῦ tou “<the>”τοῖς tois “who are”τὰ ta “<the>”

that "`They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

τὰ ta “<the>”

"Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"

τὴν tēn “<the>”τὰς tas “the”

"What the sower sows is the Message.

ὁ ho “The [one]”τὸν ton “the”

Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

οἱ hoi “they”τὴν tēn “the”ὁ ho “the”ὁ ho “<the>”τὸν ton “the”τὸν ton “<the>”ταῖς tais “<the>”

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

οἱ hoi “those”τὰ ta “the”τὸν ton “the”

but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

τὸν ton “the”

Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,

οἱ hoi “those”τὰς tas “the”οἱ hoi “those”τὸν ton “the”

but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

αἱ hai “the”τοῦ tou “of the”ἡ hē “the”τοῦ tou “of the”αἱ hai “<the>”τὰ ta “the”τὸν ton “the”

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

οἱ hoi “those”τὴν tēn “the”τὴν tēn “<the>”τὸν ton “the”

He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?

ὁ ho “the”τὸν ton “the”τὴν tēn “the”τὴν tēn “the”

He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.

τοῖς tois “who”