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Mark 4:1

& He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.

Mark 4:2

& And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

Mark 4:3

& "Listen {to this!} Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Mark 4:4

& as he was sowing, some {seed} fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Mark 4:5

& ~"Other {seed} fell on the rocky {ground} where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

Mark 4:6

& ~"And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Mark 4:7

& ~"Other {seed} fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

Mark 4:8

& ~"Other {seeds} fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

Mark 4:9

& And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Mark 4:10

& As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, {began} asking Him {about} the parables.

Mark 4:11

& And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,

Mark 4:12

& so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN."

Mark 4:13

& And He *said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:14

& ~"The sower sows the word.

Mark 4:15

& ~"These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

Mark 4:16

& ~"In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky {places,} who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

Mark 4:17

& and they have no {firm} root in themselves, but are {only} temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 4:18

& ~"And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

Mark 4:19

& but the worries of the (Or {age}) world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Mark 4:20

& ~"And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

Mark 4:21

& And He was saying to them, "A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not {brought} to be put on the lampstand?

Mark 4:22

& ~"For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has {anything} been secret, but that it would come to light.

Mark 4:23

& ~"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

Mark 4:24

& And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.

Mark 4:25

& ~"For whoever has, to him {more} shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him."

Mark 4:26

& And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;

Mark 4:27

& and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows--how, he himself does not know.

Mark 4:28

& ~"The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

Mark 4:29

& ~"But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

Mark 4:30

& And He said, "How shall we (Lit {compare}) picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?

Mark 4:31

& ~"{It is} like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

Mark 4:32

& yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE (Or {sky}) AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE."

Mark 4:33

& With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

Mark 4:34

& and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.