D.
Parables of the kingdom of God
4:1-34
1.
The parable of the sower
vv. 1-20
Mark 4
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4:1
1And again He began to
2teach abeside the
bsea, and a very great crowd was gathered unto Him, so that He stepped into a
cboat in the sea and sat down, and all the crowd was on the land, facing the sea.
Mark 4
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4:2
And He taught them many things in parables and said to them in His
ateaching:
Mark 4
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4:3
Listen! Behold, the
1asower went out to
2sow.
Mark 4
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4:4
And as he sowed, some
seed fell beside the way, and the birds came and devoured it.
Mark 4
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4:5
And other
seed fell on the rocky place, where it did not have much earth, and
aimmediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.
Mark 4
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4:6
And when the sun
arose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered.
Mark 4
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4:7
And other
seed fell into the
athorns, and the thorns came up and utterly choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Mark 4
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4:8
And others fell into the good earth and yielded fruit, coming up and growing; and one
abore thirty-fold, and one sixty-fold, and one a
bhundred-fold.
Mark 4
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4:9
And He said, He who has
aears to hear, let him hear.
Mark 4
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4:10
And when He was
aalone, those around Him, with the twelve, asked Him about the parables.
Mark 4
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4:11
And He said to them, To you it has been given
to know the
1amystery of the kingdom of God, but to those
boutside, all things
2are in
cparables,
Mark 4
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4:12
In order that
aseeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and
bnot understand, lest they
cturn and it be forgiven them.
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4:13
And He said to them, Do you not
1know this
aparable? And how will you
1know all the parables?
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4:14
The asower sows the
bword.
Mark 4
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4:15
And these are the ones beside the way, where the word is sown; and when they hear,
aimmediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown into them.
Mark 4
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4:16
And likewise, these are the ones being sown on the rocky places, who, when they
ahear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Mark 4
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4:17
Yet they have no root in themselves, but last only
afor a time; then when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they are
bstumbled.
Mark 4
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4:18
And others are the ones being sown into the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,
Mark 4
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4:19
And the
aanxieties of the age and the
bdeceitfulness of
criches and the lusts for other things enter in and utterly choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4
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4:20
And these are the ones sown on the good earth:
those who hear the word and receive
it and
abear fruit, one thirtyfold, and one sixtyfold, and one a hundredfold.
2.
The parable of the lamp
vv. 21-25
Mark 4
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4:21
And He said to them, Does the
1alamp come so that it may be placed under the
2bushel or under the bed?
Does it not
come that it may be placed on the
3lampstand?
Mark 4
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4:22
For nothing is
ahidden except that it may be manifested, nor has
anything become concealed but that it may come into the open.
Mark 4
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4:23
If anyone has
aears to hear, let him hear.
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4:24
And He said to them, Take heed what you hear.
1With what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you, and it shall be added to you.
Mark 4
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4:25
For he who
1ahas, it shall be given to him; and he who does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
3.
The parable of the seed
vv. 26-29
Mark 4
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4:26
And He said, So is the
1akingdom of God: as if a
2man cast
3bseed on the earth,
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4:27
And 1sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and
2lengthens — how, he does not know.
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4:28
The 1earth bears fruit
2by itself: first a blade, then an ear, then full grain in the ear.
Mark 4
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4:29
But when the fruit is ripe,
aimmediately he sends forth the
1bsickle, because the harvest has come.
4.
The parable of the mustard seed
vv. 30-34
Mark 4
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4:30
1And He said, How shall we liken the
akingdom of God, or in what parable shall we
2present it?
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4:31
It is like a
amustard seed, which, when it is sown on the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth.
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4:32
And when it is sown, it comes up and becomes greater than all the herbs and produces great branches, so that the
1birds of heaven can roost under its shade.
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4:33
And in many such
1parables He spoke the
aword to them as they were
bable to hear;
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4:34
And without a
aparable He did not speak to them; but
bprivately to His own disciples He explained all things.
E.
The move of the gospel service
4:35—10:52
1.
Calming the wind and the sea
4:35-41
Mark 4
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4:35
And He said to them on that day when evening had fallen, Let us
ago over to the other side.
Mark 4
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4:36
1And leaving the crowd, they took Him along, just as He was, in the
aboat; and other boats were with Him.
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4:37
And there arose a great
awindstorm, and the waves beat into the
bboat, so that the boat was already beginning to fill up.
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4:38
And He was in the stern,
1sleeping on the cushion. And they woke Him and said to Him, Teacher, does it not matter to You that we are perishing?
Mark 4
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4:39
And having awoken, He
1arebuked the wind and said to the sea, Be silent! Be still! And the wind
bceased and there was a
cgreat calm.
Mark 4
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4:40
And He said to them, Why are you
acowardly in this way? How
is it that you do not have
bfaith?
Mark 4
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4:41
And they became greatly frightened and said to one another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea
1aobey Him?
