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,
And he began again to teach by the sea-side: and there was gathered to him a great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat on the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea, on the land.
2 and He taught them many things in allegories, and He said to them in His teaching:
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
3 “Listen, behold, the sower went forth to sow;
Hearken; Behold, a sower 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 it came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it.
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,
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.
6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of having no root it withered;
But when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit;
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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.”
And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up, and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred.
9 And He said to them, “He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
And he said to them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,
And when he was alone, they that were about him, with the twelve, asked of him the parable.
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,
And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all [these] things are done 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.”
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them.
13 And He says to them, “Have you not known this allegory? And how will you know all the allegories?
And he said to them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 He who is sowing sows the word;
The sower soweth the word.
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.
And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
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 these are they likewise who are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 and have no root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they relapse.
18 And these are they who are sown toward the thorns: these are they who are hearing the word,
And these are they who are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
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)
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh 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.”
And these are they who are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirty-fold, some sixty, and some a hundred.
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?
And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a close vessel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For there is not anything hid that may not be revealed, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither hath any thing been kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If any has ears to hear—let him hear.”
If any man hath 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 ye hear: With the measure which ye give, it shall be measured to you: and to you that hear shall more be given.
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 that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 And He said, “Thus is the Kingdom of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed springs up and grows, he has not known how;
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 for of itself the earth bears fruit, first a blade, afterward an ear, afterward full grain in the ear;
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And He said, “To what may we liken the Kingdom of God, or in what allegory may we compare it?
And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
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 grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.
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.”
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under its shade.
33 And with many such allegories He was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].
34 and without an allegory He was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to His disciples He was expounding all.
But without a parable he spoke not to them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And He says to them on that day, evening having come, “We may pass over to the other side”;
And the same day, when the evening was come, he saith to them, Let us pass over 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.
And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the boat. And there were also with him other small boats.
37 And there comes a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.
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?”
And he was in the hinder part of the boat, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, carest thou not that 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 arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still: and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 and He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How have you no faith?”
And he said to them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have 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?”
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
