'Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. 'Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 'But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance. 'The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 'Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy and these have no firm root they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. 'Those beside the road are those who have heard then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.

'Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. And He said, 'To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND. 'Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.' As He said these things, He would call out, 'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.' His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant. 'Other seed fell among the thorns and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. 'Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 'The sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. One thousand will flee at the threat of one man You will flee at the threat of five, Until you are left as a flag on a mountain top And as a signal on a hill. 'Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.' Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, 'Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them, Therefore this iniquity will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant, Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter's jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern.' For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, 'In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.' But you were not willing, And you said, 'No, for we will flee on horses,' Therefore you shall flee! 'And we will ride on swift horses,' Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD Who say to the seers, 'You must not see visions' And to the prophets, 'You must not prophesy to us what is right, Speak to us pleasant words, Prophesy illusions. Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever. And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, 'Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.' And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. Then he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue. But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean From now on I will go to the Gentiles.' read more. But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

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