en_tn/mat/13/07.md

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Connecting Statement:

Jesus finishes telling a parable about a person who sows seeds.

fell among the thorn plants

"fell where plants with thorns grew"

choked them

"choked the new sprouts." Use your word for the way weeds prevent other plants from growing well.

produced grain

"produced a crop" or "grew more seeds" or "gave fruit"

some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty

You can make clear the understood information as was done in the UDB. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)

one hundred ... sixty ... thirty

"100 ... 60 ... 30" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

He who has ears

This is a way of referring to everyone listening. See how you translated this in Matthew 11:15. AT: "Everyone who is listening to me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

let him listen

Here "listen" means paying attention. See how you translated this in Matthew 11:15. AT: "must pay careful attention to what I am saying" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)