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Jesus sows "the word"

4:01	And again he begins to be "teaching" beside the "sea" ...
	And a "most numerous crowd" is being led together before him ...
	so that he is stepping into a boat sitting in the sea.
	And all the crowd on the "earth" were beside the sea.
4:02	And he was teaching them in many "parables" ...
	and he was saying to them in his "teaching" ... Listen! Behold! ...
4:03	The "one" went out sowing to sow.
4:04	And it happened in the sowing, some indeed fell by "the way" ...
	and the "flyers" came ...
	and they ate it down.
4:05	And other fell on the "rock formation" where it did not have much "earth" ...
	and immediately it sprang up, because it had no "depth of earth."
4:06	And when the "sun" rose it was scorched ...
	and because it did not have a "root" it withered.
4:07	And other fell into the "thorn bushes" ...
	and the "thorns" came up and choked it ...
	and it did not give "fruit."
4:08	And "others" fall into the "ideal earth" ...
	and it gave "fruit" stepping up ...
	and they being grown up ...
	one carried "thirty" ...
	and one "sixty" ...
	and "one" ... "a hundred."

The Challenge to Solve "the Mystery"

4:09	And he was saying ...Who has "ears" to hear, let him hear!
4:10	And when he was alone by himself, the ones around him with "the twelve" were asking him (about) the "parables."
4:11	And he was saying to them ... You have been given the "mystery" of the "Kingdom of God" ...
	but to those, "the ones outside,"... everything occurs in "parables."
4:12	In order that seeing, they may "see" ...
	and they may "not perceive" ...
	and hearing, they may "hear" ...
	and they may "not understand" ...
	lest they should "turn" and it should be "forgiven" them.
4:13	And he says to them ... Do you not understand this "parable"?
	And then how will you come to know "all the parables"?

The Solution

4:14	The "one sowing" is sowing "the word."
4:15	And these are the ones beside "the way" where "the word" is sown ...
	and when they hear ... immediately "the satan" comes ...
	and he is lifting "the word" having been sown into them.
4:16	And these are the ones upon the "rocky formations" being sown ...
	who whenever they should be hearing ... "the word" ...
	immediately with "joy" receive it.
4:17	And they do not have a "root" in themselves but are "short lived" ...
	then "pressure" comes or "persecution" on account of "the word" ...
	immediately they are "snared."
4:18	And others are the ones being sown into the "thorns" ...
	These are the ones having heard "the word."
4:19	And the worries of the "eternity" ...
	and the seduction of "riches" ...
	and the desires for the "remaining things" coming in choke "the word" ...
	and it becomes "un-fruitful."
4:20	And those are the ones upon the "ideal earth" being sown ...
	who hear "the word" ...
	and are beside receiving it ...
	and are carrying "fruit" ...
	one ... "thirty" ...
	and one ... "sixty" ...
	and "one" ... "a hundred."