Pamela j heil

The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced.

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highlighted Matthew 13:21 NLT

But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God’s word.

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highlighted Matthew 13:20 NLT

The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy.

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highlighted Matthew 13:17 NLT

I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.

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highlighted Matthew 13:16 NLT

“But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

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highlighted Matthew 13:14 NLT

This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says, ‘When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.

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highlighted Matthew 13:13 NLT

That is why I use these parables, For they look, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.

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To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.

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highlighted Matthew 13:11 NLT

He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.

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highlighted Matthew 13:9 NLT

Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”

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highlighted Matthew 13:8 NLT

Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!

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highlighted Matthew 13:7 NLT

Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants.

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highlighted Matthew 13:6 NLT

But the plants soon wilted under the hot sun, and since they didn’t have deep roots, they died.

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highlighted Matthew 13:5 NLT

Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.

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highlighted Matthew 13:4 NLT

As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them.

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highlighted Matthew 12:45 NLT

Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”

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highlighted Matthew 12:44 NLT

Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.

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highlighted Matthew 12:43 NLT

“When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.

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highlighted Matthew 12:40 NLT

For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

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highlighted Matthew 12:39 NLT

But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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