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|Who is the sower?   [[זורע]]

What is the seed?  [[זרע]]
|[[Mr 4:3]] Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

[[Mt 13:3]] And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

[[Lu 8:5a]] A sower went out to sow his seed: 
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|What is the act of sowing?

What is the wayside, or path?

What are the birds?
|[[Mr 4:4]] And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

[[Mt 13:4]] And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

[[Lu 8:5b]]and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; '''and it was trodden down''', and the fowls of the air devoured it.
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|What are the stony places?


|[[Mr 4:5]] And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

[[Mt 13:5]] Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

[[Lu 8:6a]] And some fell upon '''a rock''';
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|What is the sun. scortching, and root?
|[[Mr 4:6]] But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

[[Mt 13:6]] And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

[[Lu 8:6b]] and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, '''because it lacked moisture.'''
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|What are the thorns?

What is choking?
|[[Mr 4:7]] And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

[[Mt 13:7]] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

[[Lu 8:7]] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
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|What is the good ground?

What is fruit, 100, 60, 30
|[[Mr 4:8]] And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

[[Mt 13:8]] But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, '''some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold'''.

[[Lu 8:8a]] And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. 
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|[[Mr 4:9]] And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

[[Mt 13:9]] Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

[[Lu 8:8b]]And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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