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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Mark 4 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/mark/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Mark 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/3.htm" title="Mark 3">◄</a> Mark 4 <a href="../mark/5.htm" title="Mark 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/mark/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Sower<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/13.htm">Matthew 13:1–9</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#4">Luke 8:4–8</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And again he began to teach by the sea: and a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that he, having gone into the ship, sat in the sea; and all the crowd was by the sea upon land. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he taught them in parables many things, and said to them in his teaching, <A name="4"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Hear ye; behold, he sowing went out to sow: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And it was in sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things of heaven came and ate it down. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And other fell upon stony places, where it had not much earth; and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no deepness of earth: <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and because it had no root, it was dried up. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And other fell in thorns, and the thorns came up, and choked it, and it gave no fruit. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And other fell in good earth, and gave fruit coming up and increasing; and one brought thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said to them, He having ears to hear, let him hear.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../isaiah/6.htm">Isaiah 6:1–13</a>; <a href ="../matthew/13.htm#10">Matthew 13:10–17</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#9">Luke 8:9–10</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he said to them, To you has it been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to those without, all are in parables: <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>That seeing they might see, and not know; and hearing they might hear, and not understand; lest they turn back, and their sins be remitted to them.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Sower Explained<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/13.htm#18">Matthew 13:18–23</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#11">Luke 8:11–15</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he says to them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all parables? <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He sowing sows the word. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And these are they by the way, where the word is sown; and when they hear, quickly comes Satan, and takes away the word sown in their hearts. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And these are likewise they sown upon stony places; who, when they hear, quickly with joy receive it; <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And have no root in themselves, but are temporary; then pressure having been or expulsion for the word, quickly are they scandalized. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And these are they sown in thorns; these are they hearing the word. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the cares of this time, and the deceit of riches, and eager desires about remaining things, coming in, choke the word, and it is unfruitful. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And these are they sown on good earth; who hear the word, and receive, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.<p> <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">The Lesson of the Lamp<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/8.htm#16">Luke 8:16–18</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said to them, Much less the light comes that it be set under a bushel, or under a bed; that it be not set upon a candlestick. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For not anything is hid, which should not be manifested; neither was concealed, but that it should come clear. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he said to them, See ye how ye hear: with what measure ye measure, shall be measured to you: and to you hearing, shall be added. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For whoever should have, to him shall be given: and whoever has not, also what he has shall be taken away from him.<p> <A name="27"></a><p class="hdg">The Seed Growing Secretly<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth; <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he sleep, and should rise night and day, and the seed should sprout, and be raised; how, he knows not. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For the earth bears fruit spontaneously; first the grass, then the ear, then the full wheat in the ear. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But when the fruit should yield, quickly he sends the sickle, for the harvest is brought forward.<p> <A name="31"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Mustard Seed<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/13.htm#31">Matthew 13:31–32</a>; <a href ="../luke/13.htm#18">Luke 13:18–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he said, To what should we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable should we hold it forth? <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>As a kernel of mustard, which, when it be sown in the earth, is smaller than all seeds upon the earth: <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And when it be sown, it comes up and is greater than all vegetables, and makes great young shoots; so that the flying things of heaven can encamp under its shadow.<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And with many such parables spake he the word to them, as they were able to hear. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And without a parable spake he not to them: and apart, he solved all to his disciples.<p> <A name="36"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Calms the Storm<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../psalms/107.htm">Psalm 107:1–43</a>; <a href ="../matthew/8.htm#23">Matthew 8:23–27</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#22">Luke 8:22–25</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And he says to them in that day, being evening, Let us go beyond. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And having let the crowd go, they receive him as he was in the ship. And there were also other small vessels with him. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And there is a great hurricane of wind, and the waves struck against the ship, so that it was already filled. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And he was upon the back part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow: and they aroused him, and say to him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And having risen, he censured the wind, and said to the sea, Be silent, be constricted. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And he said to them, Why are ye so timorous? how have ye not faith? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And they feared a great fear, and said to one another, Who is this, that also the wind and sea listen to him.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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