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The Parable of the Sower — Lk 8:4-8
Lc 8,4-8·NA28·47/156·// Mt 13,1-9·Mc 4,1-9
ὁ σπείρων=il seminatoreἰκμάς=umiditàἑκατονταπλασίων=cento volte tantoὉ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω=chi ha orecchi per udire, odaשמע shema'
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Orthodox Reading
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GreekΣυνιόντος δὲ ὄχλου πολλοῦ καὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλιν ἐπιπορευομένων πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν διὰ παραβολῆς·
Orthodox ReadingWhile a great crowd was gathering of am ha-aretzⓘ, and people from every town were coming to him, he spoke by way of mashalⓘ:
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GreekἘξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν καὶ κατεπατήθη, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφαγεν αὐτό.
Orthodox Reading«The sowerⓘ went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the pathⓘ and was trampled, and the birds of the skyⓘ devoured it.
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Greekκαὶ ἕτερον κατέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ φυὲν ἐξηράνθη διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἰκμάδα.
Orthodox ReadingAnd another fell on the rockⓘ, and, though it sprouted, it withered because it had no moistureⓘ.
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Greekκαὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό.
Orthodox ReadingAnd another fell among the thornsⓘ, and the thorns, having grown up with it, choked it.
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Greekκαὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθήν καὶ φυὲν ἐποίησεν καρπὸν ἑκατονταπλασίονα. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει· Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
Orthodox ReadingAnd another fell into the good soilⓘ, and, having sprouted, it produced fruit a hundredfoldⓘ». As he said these things he cried outⓘ: «Whoever has earsⓘ to hear, let him hear — whoever can perform the shemaʿⓘ, let him truly listen».