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<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 He began to teach again by the sea-side, and there was gathered unto Him a great multitude; so that He went into a ship, and sat on board, and all the people were by the sea, upon the shore. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And He taught them many things by similitudes, and said to them in his instruction, <A name="4"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><FR>hearken, Behold a sower went out to sow:<Fr> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><FR>and in sowing, some fell by the way-<Fr><i>side,</i><FR> and the birds came and ate it up:<Fr> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><FR>and some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and it sprang up immediately, because it had not depth of earth;<Fr> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><FR>but when the sun rose, it was burnt up, and withered because it had no root:<Fr> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><FR>and some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit:<Fr> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><FR>and other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit springing up and increasing; and produced some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred-<Fr><i>fold.</i> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And He said unto them, <FR>He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.<Fr><p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables<br /><span class="cross">(<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 apart <i>from the multitude,</i> those that were about Him with the twelve asked Him concerning the parable. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he said unto them, <FR>To you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without all things are <Fr><i>delivered</i><FR> in parables:<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>that <Fr><i>in</i><FR> seeing they may see and not perceive, and <Fr><i>in</i><FR> hearing they may hear and not understand, least they should be converted, and <Fr><i>their</i><FR> sins be forgiven them.<Fr><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>Then saith He unto them, <FR>Do ye not understand this parable? how then will ye understand all <Fr><i>my other</i><FR> parables.<Fr> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><FR>The sower <Fr><i>is he that</i><FR> soweth the word. And these are they by the way-<Fr><i>side:</i> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><FR>where the word is sown; but when they have heard <Fr><i>it,</i><FR> Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word <Fr><i>that was</i><FR> sown in their hearts.<Fr> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><FR>And in like manner, they that are sown <Fr><i>as</i><FR> on stony grounds are such, as when they hear the word,<Fr> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><FR>immediately receive it with joy, but have no root in themselves, <Fr><i>and so</i><FR> continue but for a <Fr><i>short</i><FR> season: <Fr><i>and</i><FR> then, when affliction cometh, or persecution on account of the word, they are <Fr><i>as</i><FR> soon offended.<Fr> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><FR>And those that are sown <Fr><i>as</i><FR> among thorns, are these: such as hear the word <Fr><i>indeed,</i> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><FR>but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and <Fr><i>inordinate</i><FR> desires after other things entering in choke the word, and <Fr><i>so</i><FR> it becometh unfruitful.<Fr> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><FR>And these are they who are <Fr><i>like seed</i><FR> sown on good ground: such as hear the word, and receive <Fr><i>it;</i><FR> and bring forth fruit, some thirty-<Fr><i>fold,</i><FR> and some sixty, and some an hundred.<Fr><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 unto them, <FR>Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or a bed, <Fr><i>and</i><FR> not to be set on a candlestick?<Fr> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><FR>for there is nothing hidden, which may not be revealed; nor was there any thing concealed, but in order to become manifest.<Fr> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><FR>If any one hath ears to hear, let him hear.<Fr> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And mind what ye hear: <i>for</i><FR> with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you; and more shall be imparted to you that are observant:<Fr> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><FR>for whosoever hath, to him <Fr><i>more</i><FR> shall be given; and he that hath not, even what he hath, <Fr><i>or seemeth to have,</i><FR> shall be taken from him.<Fr><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, <FR>The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground,<Fr> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><FR>and sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up, and increase; he knows not how.<Fr> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><FR>For the earth produces fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear:<Fr> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><FR>but when the fruit is ripe, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come.<Fr><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, <FR>To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or by what similitude shall we represent it?<Fr> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><i>It is</i><FR> like to a grain of mustard-seed, which when it is sown in the ground, is one of the lest of all the seeds on the earth:<Fr> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><FR>but after it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the air may lodge under it's shadow.<Fr><p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And in many such parables spake He the word to them, as they had ability to hear <i>it:</i> but spake not to them without a parable. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And He explained all to his disciples in private.<p> <A name="36"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Calms the Storm<br /><span class="cross">(<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 the same day, in the evening, He saith to them, <FR>Let us go over to the other side.<Fr> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>So they dismissed the multitude, and took Him as He was in the ship. But there were other small vessels likewise with Him. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now <i>almost</i> full. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And He was in the stern asleep on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say unto Him, Master, art thou under no concern that we are perishing? <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And He rose and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, <FR>Peace, be still;<Fr> 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 unto them, <FR>Why are ye so fearful? how! have ye no faith?<Fr> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/4-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And they were exceedingly afraid, and said to one another, Who is this? that even the wind and the sea obey Him?<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>