Mark 4
1 And again He began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered to Him a great multitude, so that He, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,
Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water’s edge.
2 and He taught them many things in allegories, and He said to them in His teaching:
Then he began teaching them in parables many things. In his teaching he said to them.
3 “Listen, behold, the sower went forth to sow;
"Listen! the Sower once went out to sow,
4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the birds of the sky came and devoured it;
and as he sowed, it happened that some seed fell on the road, and birds came and picked it up;
5 and other fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of having no depth of earth,
some other seed fell on stony soil, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil,
6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of having no root it withered;
but when the sun rose it was scorched and withered away because it had no root.
7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit;
Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so that it yielded no crop.
8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it was bearing, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”
But some seed fell into good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up and increased, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold.
9 And He said to them, “He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
"Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this."
10 And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,
When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables.
11 and He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the secret of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, in allegories are all the things done,
He went on to say to them. "The secret truth concerning the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside everything is told in parables,
12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.”
so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned.
13 And He says to them, “Have you not known this allegory? And how will you know all the allegories?
"You do not understand this parable," said Jesus. "Then how will you understand the other parables?
14 He who is sowing sows the word;
"What the Sower sows is the Word. There are those ‘on the wayside’ where the Word is sown.
15 and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, Satan immediately comes, and he takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts.
As soon as they hear it, Satan immediately comes and snatches away the Word which has been sown in them.
16 And these are they, in like manner, who are sown on the rocky ground: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,
And like the sowing upon ‘stony ground’ are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,
17 and have no root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.
18 And these are they who are sown toward the thorns: these are they who are hearing the word,
There are others who are ‘sown among thorns.’
19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
20 And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who hear the word, and receive, and bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”
But those, on the other hand, who were sown on that good soil, are those who listen to the Word, and welcome it, and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold."
21 And He said to them, “Does the lamp come that it may be put under the measure, or under the bed—not that it may be put on the lampstand?
He went on to say. "Is the lamp brought in to be put under the bushel or the bed? Is it not rather to be put on the lamp-stand?
22 For there is not anything hid that may not be revealed, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.
There is nothing hidden except what is to be disclosed, and nothing concealed except what is to be revealed.
23 If any has ears to hear—let him hear.”
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
24 And He said to them, “Take heed what you hear; in what measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear it will be added;
And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.
25 for whoever may have, there will be given to him, and whoever has not, also that which he has will be taken from him.”
For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."
26 And He said, “Thus is the Kingdom of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
"It is with the kingdom of God," he continued, "as if a man should have sown seed in the earth;
27 and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed springs up and grows, he has not known how;
night and day he sleeps and wakes while the seed is sprouting and growing tall, he knows not how.
28 for of itself the earth bears fruit, first a blade, afterward an ear, afterward full grain in the ear;
Of its own accord the earth bears its crops; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Then as soon as the crop is ready the man has the sickle put in at once, because harvest-time is come.
30 And He said, “To what may we liken the Kingdom of God, or in what allegory may we compare it?
"To what shall we compare the kingdom of God?" he said again. "in what parable shall we set it forth?
31 As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;
It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the soil, is the smallest seed in the world;
32 and whenever it may be sown, it comes up, and becomes greater than any of the herbs, and makes great branches, so that under its shade the birds of the sky are able to rest.”
yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."
33 And with many such allegories He was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;
34 and without an allegory He was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to His disciples He was expounding all.
and to them it was his practice never to speak except in parables. But he used to explain everything in private to his disciples.
35 And He says to them on that day, evening having come, “We may pass over to the other side”;
On the evening of that same day Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."
36 and having let away the multitude, they take Him up as He was in the boat, and other little boats were also with Him.
So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them just as he was in the boat; and the other boats were with him.
37 And there comes a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,
But a great gale of wind came up, and the waves were dashing into the boat so that it began to fill.
38 and He Himself was on the stern, sleeping on the pillow, and they wake Him up, and say to Him, “Teacher, are You not caring that we perish?”
Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"
39 And having awoken, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace, be stilled”; and the wind stilled, and there was a great calm;
And he awoke, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!"
40 and He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How have you no faith?”
The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"
41 And they feared a great fear and said to one another, “Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"
