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 \v 13 Then he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
 \v 14 The farmer who sows his seed is the one who sows the word.
-\v 15 These are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
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-\v 16 These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
-\v 17 They have no root in themselves, but endure for a short time. Then tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, and immediately they stumble.
+\v 15 Some people are like seed beside the road. As soon as they hear the word, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.  
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+\v 16 Other people are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word they immediately receive it with joy,  
+\v 17 but they have no root in themselves and they do not endure. When tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away. 
 
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 \v 18 The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They hear the word,