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Version 0.94.54, 23 October 2023

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Mark Chapter 4

1Next he began to teach again by the sea, and a large crowd gathered around him, so that he went on board a boat to sit in on the sea, while the whole crowd was by the sea on land. 2And he taught them many things in parables, and he said to them in the course of his teaching, 3“Listen. A sower once went out to sow seed. 4And it so happened that as he sowed, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 5But some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much soil, and it immediately sprang up through not having depth of soil, 6but when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it did not have a root, it withered. 7And some fell into the thorn bushes, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not yield any fruit. 8And other seed fell onto good ground, and while it sprang up and grew, it yielded produce, and some produced a thirtyfold return, and some a sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.” 9And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” 10Then when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him the meaning of the parable, 11and he said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, everything comes in parables,

12In order that they should definitely see

But not perceive,

And they will definitely hear

But not understand,

Lest they should repent,

And they should be forgiven their sins.”

13And he said to them, “Do you not know the meaning of this parable? How then can you know the meaning of any parable? 14The sower sows the word. 15One group are those alongside the road where the word is sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and removes the word sown in their hearts. 16And another group are like those sown on the stony ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy, 17but they do not have an inward root, but rather are for a season. Then when affliction or persecution comes on account of the word, they immediately stumble. 18And another group are those sown in the thorn bushes, who hear the word, 19but the cares of this age and the deceit of riches and the desires in regard to other matters, when they come in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20And another group are those sown on the good ground, who hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, some a thirtyfold return, and some a sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.” 21Furthermore he said to them, “A lamp isn't brought to be put under a bushel of corn or under a bed, is it? It is to be put on a lampstand, isn't it? 22For there is nothing hidden whatever which will not be made manifest, nor has anything secret taken place but that it will come into the open. 23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24And he said to them, “Watch out with what you hear. By the same measure by which you measure, it will be meted out to you. And to you who hear, the measure will be increased. 25For to whoever has, more will be given. But from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.” 26And he said, “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man were casting seed on the ground, 27and should sleep and get up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow long in a way he is unaware of, 28for the land produces fruit spontaneously: first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. 29But when the fruit yields itself, he immediately sends out the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.” 30And he said, “To what should we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what kind of parable should we represent it? 31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground is the smallest of all the seeds which are on the earth, 32but when it is sown, it comes up and becomes bigger than all the other vegetables and puts out big branches, so that the birds of the sky can settle in its shade.” 33And he spoke the word to them in many such parables, inasmuch as they were able to give them a hearing. 34Indeed he did not speak to them without using a parable. But he did explain everything privately to his disciples. 35And he said to them on that day when evening had come, “Let's go across to the other side.” 36Then when they had sent the crowd away, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. And there were other small boats with him. 37And a severe windy storm arose, and the waves were breaking over into the boat, so that it was already filling up. 38And he was at the stern, sleeping on a pillow, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, is it not of concern to you that we are in mortal danger?” 39And when he woke up, he rebuked the wind, and he said to the sea, “Be quiet; be silenced.” And the wind abated, and a great calm came. 40Then he said to them, “Why are you fearful like this? How come you do not have faith?” 41And they were very afraid, and they said to each other, “Who can this be then, seeing both the wind and sea obey him?”

Reference(s) in Chapter 4: v.12 ↔ Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10.

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