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466 M'CAUL HEBREW AND OLD TESTAMENT PRIZE לך ולעבדיך ולעמך להכרית הצפרדע ם ממך ומבתיך רק ביאר תשארנה ויאמר למחר ויאמר כדברך למען תדעכי אין כיהוה אלהינו Translate into Hebrew "And when much people were gathered together and were come to him out of every city he spake by parable sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed some fell by the way side and it was trodden down and the fowls of the air devoured it And some fell upon rock and as soon as it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it And other fell on good ground and sprang up and hare fruit an hundred-fold And when he had said these things he cried He that hath ears to hear let him hear And his disciples asked him saying AVhat might this parable be And he said Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God but to others in parables that seeing they might not see and bearing they might not understand Now the parable is this The seed is the word of God Those by the way side are they that hear then cometh the devil and taketh away the words out of theii' hearts lest they should believe and be saved They on the rock are they which when they hear receive the word with joy and these have no root which for awhile believe and in time of temptation fall away And that which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection But that on the good ground are they which in an honest and good heart having heard the word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience IV -&aatiJ gjis ton from Hje £p us to φ Start of habits Upon what occasion was tjie altar Jehovah-nissi raised What coincidence is to be observed in connexion with this At what period of the Exodus was the Law given What