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 \v 17 And 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.
 
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-\v 18 Others are the ones sown among the thorn plants. These heard the word,
-\v 19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things, entered in and choked the word, and it became unfruitful.
-\v 20 Those that were sown on the good soil, they are the ones who heard the word and received it and it produced fruit, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred times what was planted."
+\v 18 And others are the ones sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
+\v 19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things, enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
+\v 20 And those are the ones sown in the good soil. Who hear the word and receive it and produce fruit; some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred."
 
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 \v 21 Jesus said to them, "Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket, or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
-\v 22 For nothing is hidden, that will not be known, nor anything in secret, that will not come into the light.
-\v 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
+\v 22 For nothing is hidden that will not be known, and nothing is secret that will not come out into the open.
+\v 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
 
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 \v 24 He said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear, for the measure you use, is the measure you will receive; and even more you will get.