[Mark 4]

 

             {Mar 4:1-25 & Mat 13:1-23 & Luk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee.}

             ^4:1 And again he began to teach beside the sea. And a large crowd was gathered together to him, so-then he stepped onto the ship to sit in the sea, and all the crowd were next to the sea upon the land.

             ^4:2 And he was teaching them many things in parables and was saying to them in his teaching, ^4:3 Listen^°: behold, the sower went forth to sow, ^4:4 and it happened, while* he was sowing, some seed which fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured it. ^4:5 But other seed fell upon the rocky-area, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it rose up, because it had no depth of earth; ^4:6 but after the sun rose, it was burnt, and because it had no root, it dried up. ^4:7 And other seed fell into the thorns, and the thorns shot-up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. ^4:8 And other seed fell into the good soil and it was giving fruit, shooting-up and growing, and it was bringing forth by thirty times, and by sixty times, and by a hundred times as much. ^4:9 And he was saying, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

 

             ^4:10 And when he happened to be alone, the ones around him together-with the twelve, asked about the parable. ^4:11 And he was saying to them, It has been given to you to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those, the ones who are outside, all things happen in parables; ^4:12 in-order-that seeing, they may see and yet may not know, and hearing, they may hear and yet may not understand; lest they should turn again and their sins might be forgiven them.

             ^4:13 And he says to them, Do you^° not know this parable? And how will you^° know all the parables? ^4:14 The sower is sowing the word. ^4:15 Now these are the ones beside the road, where the word is sown, and whenever they hear, immediately the Adversary comes and takes the word which has been sown in their hearts.

             ^4:16 And likewise, these are the ones who are sown upon the rocky-areas, who, whenever they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy; ^4:17 and they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Thereafter, after affliction or persecution happened to them because of the word, immediately they stumble.

             ^4:18 And these are the ones who are sown into the thorns; the ones hearing the word, ^4:19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deception of riches, and the lusts concerning all the rest of the worldly things travel into their hearts and, are choking the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

             ^4:20 And these are the ones who were sown upon the good soil; who hear the word and accept it, and bear-fruit, by thirty times and by sixty times and by a hundred times.

 

             ^4:21 And he way saying to them, The lamp does not come in-order-that it might be placed under a peck-container or under the bed, does it? No, you bring it in-order-that it might be placed upon the lamp-stand. ^4:22 For^* not anything is hidden, which would not be made manifest, nor has anything hidden, happened, but in-order-that it should come into apparent view. ^4:23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

             ^4:24 And he way saying to them, Beware^° what you^° are hearing; in what measure, you^° measure, it will be measured to you^°, and to you^° who hear, more will be added. ^4:25 For^* whoever has, it will be given to him, and he who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

 

             {Mar 4:26-29; no parallel.}

             ^4:26 And he was saying, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man cast seed upon the earth; ^4:27 and he should sleep and should arise night and day, and the seed may sprout and should be lengthened {i.e., grows}, he himself did not know how. ^4:28 For^* the earth is bearing-fruit by herself; first the blade, thereafter the top, thereafter the full grain in the top. ^4:29 But whenever the fruit gives way, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest is standing ready.

 

             {Mat 13:24-30.}

             {Mar 4:30-34 & Mat 13:31-35.}

             ^4:30 And he was saying, To what might be similar to the kingdom of God? Or in what parable might we put it in comparison? ^4:31 It is like a kernel of a mustard-seed, which, whenever it should be sown upon the earth, though it is least compared to all the seeds which are upon the earth, ^4:32 and yet whenever it should be sown, it shoots-up and becomes greater than all the herbs and produces great branches; so-as for the birds of the heaven to be able to nest under its shadow.

 

             ^4:33 And he was speaking the word to them with many such parables, as they were able to hear it. ^4:34 But he was not speaking to them without a parable, but privately he was interpreting all things for his disciples.

 

             {Mat 13:36-53.}

             {Mar 4:35-41 & Mat:8:18-27 & Luk 8:22-25 Sea of Galilee.}

             ^4:35 And after it became evening in that day, he says to them, Let us go to the other-side. ^4:36 And they left the crowd and take him with them as he was in the ship. And other small-boats were with him. ^4:37 And a great gale of wind happens, and the waves were putting water into the ship, so-as for it already to be filled with water. ^4:38 And he himself was upon the stern, sleeping upon the cushion, and they awaken him and say to him, Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?

             ^4:39 And he was awakened and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Be silent. Hush. And the wind paused and it became a great calm. ^4:40 And he said to them, Why are you^° so cowardly? How do you^° not have faith?

             ^4:41 And they feared with a great fear, and were saying to one another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea are obeying^* him?