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HE PRECEPTS OF JESUS.

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self, but dureth for a while ; for when tribulation or
persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is
offended. He also that received seed among the thorns
is he that hearth the word ; and the care of this world,
and the the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and
he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into
the ground is he that heareth the word, and undersand-
eth it ; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Another
parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of
heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in
his field : but while men slept, his enemy came and
sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But
when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares also. So the servents of the
householder came and and said unto him, Sir, didst not
thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then
hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done
this. The servants said into him, Wilt thou then that
we go and gather them up ? But he said, Nay ; lest
while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat
with them. Let both grow together until the harvest :
and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers,
Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in
bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn.
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The,
kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed,
which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed
is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the
greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the
birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Anther parable spake he unto them : The kingdom of
 
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