41:003:033 And he answered them, saying, Who is my
mother, or my
brethren?
41:003:034 And he looked round about on them which
sat about him, and
said,
Behold my mother and my brethren!
41:003:035 For whosoever shall do the will of God,
the same is my
brother,
and my sister, and mother.
41:004:001 And he began again to teach by the sea
side: and there was
gathered
unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into
a
ship,
and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by
the
sea
on the land.
41:004:002 And he taught them many things by parables,
and said unto them
in
his doctrine,
41:004:003 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
41:004:004 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.
41:004:005 And some fell on stony ground, where it
had not much earth;
and
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of
earth:
41:004:006 But when the sun was up, it was scorched;
and because it had
no
root, it withered away.
41:004:007 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns
grew up, and choked
it,
and it yielded no fruit.
41:004:008 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.
41:004:009 And he said unto them, He that hath ears
to hear, let him
hear.
41:004:010 And when he was alone, they that were about
him with the
twelve
asked of him the parable.
41:004:011 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given
to know the
mystery
of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are
without,
all
these things are done in parables:
41:004:012 That seeing they may see, and not perceive;
and hearing they
may
hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should
be
converted,
and their sins should be forgiven them.
41:004:013 And he said unto them, Know ye not this
parable? and how then
will
ye know all parables?
41:004:014 The sower soweth the word.
41:004:015 And these are they by the way side, where
the word is sown;
but
when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and
taketh
away
the word that was sown in their hearts.
41:004:016 And these are they likewise which are sown
on stony ground;
who,
when they have heard the word, immediately receive
it
with
gladness;
41:004:017 And have no root in themselves, and so
endure but for a time:
afterward,
when affliction or persecution ariseth for the
word’s
sake, immediately they are offended.


