Mark 4
1 And again He began to teach by the sea: and a great multitude is gathered unto Him, so that He having gone into a ship, sat on the sea; and the whole multitude was at the sea on the land.
And eft Jhesus bigan to teche at the see; and myche puple was gaderid to hym, so that he wente in to a boot, and sat in the see, and al the puple was aboute the see on the loond.
2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
And he tauyte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techyng,
3 Hear: Behold, a sower went out to sow:
Here ye. Lo! a man sowynge goith out to sowe.
4 and it came to pass while he was sowing, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured it.
And the while he sowith, summe seed felde aboute the weie, and briddis of heuene camen, and eeten it.
5 And other fell upon stones, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Othere felde doun on stony places, where it had not myche erthe; and anoon it spronge vp, for it had not depnesse of erthe.
6 and when the sun arose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
And whanne the sunne roos vp, it welewide for heete, and it driede vp, for it hadde no roote.
7 And other fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it gave no fruit.
And othere felde doun in to thornes, and thornes sprongen vp, and strangliden it, and it yaf not fruyt.
8 And other fell in good ground, and springing up and growing, gave fruit, and produced, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.
And other felde doun in to good loond, and yaf fruyt, springynge vp, and wexynge; and oon brouyte thretti foold, and oon sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold.
9 And He said, Let the one having ears to hear, hear.
And he seide, He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.
10 And when they were alone, and those around Him along with the twelve asked Him the parable.
And whanne he was bi hym silf, tho twelue that weren with hym axiden hym to expowne the parable.
11 And He said to them, To you it has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them who are without, all things are in parables:
And he seide to hem, To you it is youun to knowe the priuete of the kyngdom of God. But to hem that ben with outforth, alle thingis be maad in parablis, that thei seynge se,
12 in order that seeing they may see, and not know; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they may turn, and their sins may he forgiven unto them.
and se not, and thei herynge here and vnderstonde not; lest sum tyme thei be conuertid, and synnes be foryouun to hem.
13 And He says to them, Do you not understand this parable? and how will you know all parables?
And he seide to hem, Knowe not ye this parable? and hou ye schulen knowe alle parablis?
14 The sower sows the word.
He that sowith, sowith a word.
15 And those who are by the way-side, where the word is sown; and when they hear it, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which was sown in their hearts.
But these it ben that ben aboute the weie, where the word is sowun; and whanne thei han herd, anoon cometh Satanas, and takith awei the word that is sowun in her hertis.
16 And those who are sowed upon the rocks are likewise, those who, when they may hear the word, immediately with joy receive it.
And in lijk maner ben these that ben sowun on stony placis, whiche whanne thei han herd the word, anoon thei taken it with ioye;
17 And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary; then tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, they are immediately offended:
and thei han not roote in hem silf, but thei ben lastynge a litil tyme; aftirward whanne tribulacioun risith, and persecucioun for the word, anoon thei ben sclaundrid.
18 and others are those who are sown among the thorns; they are those hearing the word,
And ther ben othir that ben sowun in thornes; these it ben that heren the word,
19 and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and desires concerning other things coming into them, choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
and disese of the world, and disseit of ritchessis, and othir charge of coueytise entrith, and stranglith the word, and it is maad with out fruyt. (aiōn g165)
20 And these are they who are sown on good ground; whosoever hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.
And these it ben that ben sowun on good lond, whiche heren the word, and taken, and maken fruyt, oon thritti fold, oon sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold.
21 And He said to them; Whether does the light come, that it may be placed under a bushel, or under a bed? is it not that it may be placed on a candlestick?
And he seide to hem, Wher a lanterne cometh, that it be put vndur a buschel, or vndur a bed? nay, but that it be put on a candilstike?
22 For there is nothing hidden which may not be made manifest; neither is there any thing concealed, but that it may come into the light.
Ther is no thing hid, that schal not be maad opyn; nethir ony thing is pryuey, that schal not come in to opyn.
23 If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.
If ony man haue eeris of heryng, here he.
24 And He said to them. See what you hear: with what measure you measure it shall be measured unto you: and it shall be added unto you who hear.
And he seide to hem, Se ye what ye heren. In what mesure ye meten, it schal be metun to you ayen, and be cast to you.
25 For whosoever has, it shall be given unto him: and he who has not, it shall be taken from him even that which he has.
For it schal be youun to hym that hath, and it schal be takun awei fro him that hath not, also that that he hath.
26 And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground;
And he seide, So the kingdom of God is, as if a man caste seede in to the erthe,
27 and he may sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed germinates and grows, as he does not know.
and he sleepe, and it rise up niyt and dai, and brynge forth seede, and wexe faste, while he woot not.
28 The earth spontaneously brings forth fruit; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.
For the erthe makith fruyt, first the gras, aftirward the ere, and aftir ful fruyt in the ere.
29 And when the fruit may develop, immediately he thrusts in the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.
And whanne of it silf it hath brouyt forth fruyt, anoon he sendith a sikil, for repyng tyme is come.
30 And He said, To what may we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable may we present it?
And he seide, To what thing schulen we likne the kyngdom of God? or to what parable schulen we comparisoun it?
31 Tis like a grain of mustard seed, which when it may be sown upon the earth, is the smallest of all seeds which are upon the earth,
As a corne of seneuei, which whanne it is sowun in the erthe, is lesse than alle seedis that ben in the erthe;
32 and when it may be sowed, it springs up, and becomes the greatest of herbs, and produces great branches; so that the birds of the heavens are able to lodge under its shadow.
and whanne it is sprongun up, it waxith in to a tre, and is maad gretter than alle erbis; and it makith grete braunchis, so that briddis of heuene moun dwelle vndur the schadewe therof.
33 And in many such parables He continued to speak the word to them, as they were able to hear.
And in many suche parablis he spak to hem the word, as thei myyten here;
34 And without a parable He did not speak to them: and He privately expounded all things to His disciples.
and he spak not to hem with out parable. But he expownede to hise disciplis alle thingis bi hemsilf.
35 And He says to them, on that day, it being evening, Let us go away to the other side.
And he seide to hem in that dai, whanne euenyng was come, Passe we ayenward.
36 And leaving the multitude, they receive Him, as He was in the ship; and other ships were also with Him.
And thei leften the puple, and token hym, so that he was in a boot; and othere bootys weren with hym.
37 And there was a great storm of wind: and the waves were dashing into the ship, so that it was already filled.
And a greet storm of wynde was maad, and keste wawis in to the boot, so that the boot was ful.
38 And He was in the stern, sleeping on a pillow: and they awaken Him, and say to Him; Teacher, is there no care to thee that we perish?
And he was in the hyndir part of the boot, and slepte on a pilewe. And thei reisen hym, and seien to hym, Maistir, perteyneth it not to thee, that we perischen?
39 And being awakened, He said to the sea, Be calm, be quiet. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And he roos vp, and manasside the wynde, and seide to the see, Be stille, wexe doumbe. And the wynde ceesside, and greet pesiblenesse was maad.
40 And He said to them, Why are you so cowardly? how have you not faith?
And he seide to hem, What dreden ye? `Ye han no feith yit?
41 And they feared with a great fear, and continued to say to one another, Who then is this, because the wind and the sea obey Him?
And thei dredden with greet drede, and seiden `ech to other, Who, gessist thou, is this? for the wynde and the see obeschen to hym.
