eeing 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."

And he said unto them:

"Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?
The sower soweth the word. 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. And these are
they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard
the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 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.
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the
lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh
unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as
hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold,
some sixty, and some an hundred."

And he said unto them:

"Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not
to be set on a candlestick? For there is nothing hid, which shall not
be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should
come abroad. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."

And he said unto them:

"Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you; and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he
that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall
be taken even that which he hath."

And he said:

"So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the
ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth
fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full
corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he
putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."

And he said:

"Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison
shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when
it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the
earth: but when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than
all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so t