Mark 4 — GMV

4 Verse 1 Once again Jesus began to teach by the sea, and a large crowd was gathered around him. So he got into the boat and sat in it on the sea, while the entire crowd was beside the sea on the shore. ^{Verse 2} Then he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them, ^{Verse 3} “Listen! A sower went out to sow. ^{Verse 4} As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. ^{Verse 5} Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up immediately because it had no depth of soil. ^{Verse 6} But when the sun rose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. ^{Verse 7} Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no fruit. ^{Verse 8} But other seed fell into good soil, and as the seeds grew and increased, they produced fruit and bore thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times more than what was sown.” ^{Verse 9} Then he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” ^{Verse 10} When he was alone with the twelve and the others who were around him, they asked him about the parable. ^{Verse 11} So he said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside everything is spoken in parables, ^{Verse 12} so that ^{Verse 13} Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables? ^{Verse 14} The sower sows the word. ^{Verse 15} Now some people are like the seed along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in their hearts. ^{Verse 16} Likewise, some people are like the seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. ^{Verse 17} Yet they have no root in themselves, but are only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, they immediately fall away. ^{Verse 18} Others are like the seed sown among the thorns. They hear the word, ^{Verse 19} but the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desire for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ^{Verse 20} But others are like the seed sown on the good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and bear thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times more fruit than was sown.” ^{Verse 21} He also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed? Is it not brought in to be set on a lampstand? ^{Verse 22} For there is nothing hidden that will not be made manifest, nor has anything been made secret except to come to light. ^{Verse 23} If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” ^{Verse 24} Then he said to them, “Consider what you hear. With the measure you use it will be measured to you, and more will be added to you who hear. ^{Verse 25} For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.” ^{Verse 26} He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. ^{Verse 27} He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how. ^{Verse 28} For the earth produces a crop by itself: first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. ^{Verse 29} When the crop is ready, the man immediately sends in the sickle, for the harvest has come.” ^{Verse 30} Then Jesus said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it? ^{Verse 31} It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth. ^{Verse 32} Yet when it is sown, it grows and becomes larger than all the garden plants and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.” ^{Verse 33} With many similar parables he spoke the word to them, to the extent that they were able to understand it. ^{Verse 34} He did not speak to them without using a parable, but privately he explained everything to his disciples. ^{Verse 35} On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us cross over to the other side of the sea.” ^{Verse 36} So they left the crowd and took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other little boats were also with him. ^{Verse 37} Now a great windstorm arose, and the waves were beating against the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. ^{Verse 38} But Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do yoʋ not care that we are perishing?” ^{Verse 39} Then he woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” So the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. ^{Verse 40} Then he said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?” ^{Verse 41} And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” 02 Mark 04_39.pngspanPublic Domain (Gustave Doré)Then he woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” So the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.4:39