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¹ Den one nex' time, Jesus was teachin' nex' ta da Sea uh Galilee, an' a buncha people was roun' him. He get in one boat dat was in da water an' sit down in it. All da people was on da shore right nex' ta Him. ² Jesus teach dem alotta tings in parables. Whiles He was teachin' dem, He tell dem, ³ “Listen ta dis: a farma did gone inta he field ta plant some seed. ⁴ Whiles he was trowin' dem on da soil, some uh dem did fall on da side uh da road. Den some birds did come an' eat dem right up.

⁵ Some udda seeds did fall on da ground wit a buncha rocks an' where it een had dat much soil. So da seeds did grow dead fast cuz da soil wasn' deep. ⁶ But when da sun rise, da plants get burn up cuz dey een had no roots, an' dey dry right up. ⁷ Some udda seeds fall on da prickly plants. Da prickly plants did grow an' choke it, an' it een bear. ⁸ Udda seeds fall onta good soil an' it bear tirty, sixty, an' even a hundred times more." ⁹ Den He say, "Whoever gat ears ta hear, let dem hear!"

¹⁰ When it was jus' Jesus by Hesef, some uh He followas an' da disciples, dey aks Him 'bout da parables. ¹¹ He say, "I givin' yall da mystery uh da Kingdom uh God. But erryone else ga get parables, ¹² so wen dey look (yeah dey ga look) but een understan', an' wen dey hear (yeah dey ga hear) dey still een ga understan' cuz if dey did undastan' dey wudda turn ta God fa God ta fagive dem." ¹³ He say ta dem, "Yall een understan' dis parable? So how yall ga understan' all da udda parables?" ¹⁴ Da farma who sow da seed stan' fa da one who teach da Word.

¹⁵ Dese da ones on da side uh da road, where da Word get plant. When dey hear da Word, Satan is come quick an' take away da Word dat get sow in dem. ¹⁶ An' dese da seeds dat get plant on da rocky groun', who, wen dey hear da Word, ga be dead happy ta get it. ¹⁷ But dey like da young plants what een gat no root, an' dey is only believe dat Word fa a lil while. Afta dey get problems or someone treat dem bad cuz uh da Word uh God, dey is stop believin' da Word uh God dead quick. ¹⁸ But sum udda ones still is be plant an' grow in da torns. Dey is da ones who is hear da word, ¹⁹ but erryting in da worl' an' da greediness fa money an' when dey wan' udda sinful tings, it is come an' choke da Word uh God in dem, an' it don' produce no crop.

²⁰ Da people dat was deep in da good soil is da ones who is hear da word, accep' it an' bear fruits, mussy tirty, sixty, or even a hundred times more. ²¹ Jesus say ta dem, "You is bring a lamp inside ya house ta put it unda a basket or unda da bed? You is bring it in an' put it on a lampstan'. ²² Anyting ya try ta hide, people ga soon know 'bout, an' anytin' yall keepin' a secret ga come out in da open. ²³ If anyone gat ears ta hear, let dem hear!"

²⁴ Jesus say ta da crowd uh people, "Yinna pay attention ta what ya hear, cuz how much eva ya give, ya ga get it back, plus more. ²⁵ Cuz whoeva gat it, God ga gee more ta dem, an' whoever een gat, God ga take da lil bit dey have. ²⁶ He say, "Da kingdom uh God is jus like a man who is sow he seeds on da groun'. ²⁷ He go ta sleep at night an' get up in da mornin', an' da seed start ta grow an' get bigga an' bigger, even though da man een know how. ²⁸ Da eart' is bear da grain all by itsef: Firs' da stalk, den da part uh da plant dat is hold da crop, den finally da crop.

²⁹ When da crop ripe, he quick ta sen' people wit cutlass ta cut da crop cuz it ready ta get pick. ³⁰ He say again, "Wat we cud say da kingdom uh God is like or what parable we ga use ta explain it? ³¹ It jus' like a mustard seed, when it get plant; it da smallest seed on da earth. ³² But afta it get sow, it grow an' is bigga dan all da udda plants, an' it have big big branches so da birds cud make dey nest in da shade."

³³ Wit alotta parables like dis one He did speak da Word uh God ta dem as far as dey understan', ³⁴ an' He een talk ta da disciples 'bout tings witout usin' a parable. But wen dey was by dey sef, Jesus explain da parables ta dem. ³⁵ Da nex' day, in da evenin', He say ta dem, "Less go ta da udda side uh da Sea uh Galilee." ³⁶ So dey leave da crowd uh people, an' take Jesus, jus' like how He was, an' gone in da boat. Dere was udda boats goin' wit Him.

³⁷ Right den, a serious wind storm start, an' den da waves kick up an' da wata start comin' in da boat ta where da boat was almos' full up uh water. ³⁸ But Jesus Heself was in da back uh da boat, sleepin' on one pillow. Dey wake Him up an' say, "Teacha, you een care dat we 'bout ta dead?" ³⁹ Jesus get up, rebuke da wind an' say ta da sea, "Peace! Be still!" Den da wind stop right away an' it get dead calm. ⁴⁰ Den He say ta His disciples, "Why yall scared? Yall still een gat no fait?" ⁴¹ Dey was dead scared an' say ta each udda, "Who dis man is, cuz even da win' an' sea followin' what He say?"