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availability. Hi friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how it works. I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online, and then I'll pray. And that's it. So today is day 12,

and I'll be reading Mark, chapters 4 through 7. And this month, I'm reading from the CSB.

Mark 4. Again, he began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him so he got into a boat on

the sea and sat down while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore he taught them many things

and parables and in his teaching he said to them listen consider the sower who went out to sow as he

sowed some seed fell along the path and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it didn't have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn't deep. When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn't produce fruit. Still other seed fell among thorns and the thorns came up and choked it and it didn't produce fruit still other seed fell on good ground and it grew up producing fruit that increased thirty sixty and a hundred times then he said let anyone who has ears to hear listen when he was alone those around him with the 12 asked him about the parables.

He answered them, The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside,

everything comes in parables so that they may indeed look and yet not perceive. They may indeed

listen and yet not understand. Otherwise, they might turn back and be forgiven then he said to

them don't you understand this parable how then will you understand all the parables the sower sows the word

some are like the words sewn on the path when they hear immediately satan comes and takes away the

words sewn in them and others are like seeds sewn on rocky ground when they hear immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sewn in them and others are like seeds

sewn on rocky ground when they hear the word immediately they receive it with joy but they have no root

they are short-lived when distress or persecution comes because of the word they immediately fall away

others are like seeds sewn among thorns these are the ones who hear the word, they immediately fall away. Others are like seeds sewn among thorns.

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