Mark 4
1 And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto 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,
Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a large crowd gathered around him. He stepped into a boat that was on the sea, and he sat down in it. The whole crowd was on the shore beside the sea.
2 and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:
He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, this is what he said to them.
3 'Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;
“Listen, the farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;
As he sowed, some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
5 and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,
Other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.
6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;
But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;
Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce a crop.
8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
Other seed fell into good soil and it produced a crop growing up and increasing thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times.”
9 And he said to them, 'He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.'
Then he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,
When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
11 and he said to them, 'To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is 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 when they look, yes they look, but do not see, and so that when they hear, yes they hear, but do not understand, or else they would turn and God would forgive them.”
13 And he saith to them, 'Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
14 He who is sowing doth sow the word;
The farmer who sows his seed is the one who sows the word.
15 and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.
These are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 'And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,
These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
17 and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
They have no root in themselves, but endure for a short time. Then tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, and immediately they stumble.
18 'And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,
The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They 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 becometh unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things enter in and choke the word, and it does not produce a crop. (aiōn g165)
20 'And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
Then those that were sown in the good soil are the ones who hear the word and receive it, and they produce crops—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what was sown.”
21 And he said to them, 'Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch — not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?
Jesus said to them, “Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket, or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
22 for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.
For nothing is hidden that will not be known, and nothing is secret that will not come out into the open.
23 If any hath ears to hear — let him hear.'
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
24 And he said to them, 'Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;
He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear, for the measure you use will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
25 for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever hath not, also that which he hath shall be taken from him.'
Because whoever has, to him will be given more, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken.”
26 And he said, 'Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
27 and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;
He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
28 for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;
The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'
When the crop is ripe, he immediately sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
30 And he said, 'To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?
Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain 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 mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
32 and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'
Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade.”
33 And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
With many parables like this he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand,
34 and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.
and he did not speak to them without a parable. But when he was alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.
35 And he saith to them on that day, evening having come, 'We may pass over to the other side;'
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go 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 also were with him.
So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, just as he was, in the boat. There were other boats going along with him.
37 And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,
Just then a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
38 and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, 'Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'
But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him up, saying, “Teacher, do you not care that we are about to die?”
39 And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:
He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 and he said to them, 'Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?'
Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?”
41 and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, 'Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
They were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?”
