Mark 4 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Parable of the Sower and Soils

(Mat 13:1–9; Luk 8:4–8 )

Again^G3825 He began^G757 to teach^G1321 by the sea^G2281. And such a very^G4183 large^G4183 crowd^G3793 gathered^G4863 to Him that He got^G1684 into a boat^G4143 on the sea^G2281 and sat^G2521 down^G2521; and the whole^G3956 crowd^G3793 was by the sea^G2281 on the land^G1093.

Mar 4:2

Mar 4:2And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

Mar 4:3

Mar 4:3“Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Mar 4:4

Mar 4:4as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Mar 4:5

Mar 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.

Mar 4:6

Mar 4:6“And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Mar 4:7

Mar 4:7“Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

Mar 4:8

Mar 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 hundred times as much.”

Mar 4:9

Mar 4:9And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, [fn]let him hear.”

(Mat 13:10–17; Luk 8:9, 10 )

Mar 4:10

As soon^G3753 as He was alone^G3441, [fn]His followers^G3588^G4012, along^G4862 with the twelve^G1427 disciples, began asking^G2065 Him about the parables^G3850.

Mar 4:11

Mar 4:11And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but for those who are outside, everything comes in parables,

Mar 4:12

Mar 4:12so that WHILE SEEING THEY MAY SEE, AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR, AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND IT WOULD BE FORGIVEN THEM.”

Explanation of the Parable

(Mat 13:18–23; Luk 8:11–15 )

Mar 4:13

And He *said^G3004 to them, “Do you not understand^G6063 this^G3778 parable^G3850? How^G4459 will you understand^G1097 all^G3956 the parables^G3850?

Mar 4:14

Mar 4:14“The sower sows the word.

Mar 4:15

Mar 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.

Mar 4:16

Mar 4:16“And in a similar way these are the ones sown with seed on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

Mar 4:17

Mar 4:17and yet they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they [fn]fall away.

Mar 4:18

Mar 4:18“And others are the ones sown with seed among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

Mar 4:19

Mar 4:19but the worries of the [fn]world, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it [fn]becomes unfruitful.

Mar 4:20

Mar 4:20“And those are the ones sown with seed on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.”

(Luk 8:16–18 )

Mar 4:21

And He was saying^G3004 to them, “A lamp^G3088 is not brought^G2064 to be put^G5087 under^G5259 a [fn]basket^G3426, or^G2228 under^G5259 a bed^G2825, is it? Is it not brought to be put^G5087 on the lampstand^G3087?

Mar 4:22

Mar 4:22“For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light.

Mar 4:23

Mar 4:23“If anyone has ears to hear, [fn]let him hear.”

Mar 4:24

Mar 4:24And He was saying to them, “Take care what you listen to. [fn]By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.

Mar 4:25

Mar 4:25“For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

Parable of the Seed

Mar 4:26

And He was saying^G3004, “The kingdom^G932 of God^G2316 is like^G3779^G5613 a man^G444 who casts^G906 seed^G4703 upon the soil^G1093;

Mar 4:27

Mar 4:27and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.

Mar 4:28

Mar 4:28“The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

Mar 4:29

Mar 4:29“Now when the crop permits, he immediately [fn]puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Parable of the Mustard Seed

(Mat 13:31, 32; Luk 13:18, 19 )

Mar 4:30

And He was saying^G3004, “How^G4459 shall we [fn]picture^G3666 the kingdom^G932 of God^G2316, or^G2228 by what^G5101 parable^G3850 shall we present^G5087 it?

Mar 4:31

Mar 4:31“It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is the smallest of all the seeds that are upon the soil,

Mar 4:32

Mar 4:32yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and forms large branches, with the result that THE BIRDS OF THE SKY can NEST UNDER its shade.”

Mar 4:33

And with many^G4183 such^G5108 parables^G3850 He was speaking^G2980 the word^G3056 to them, so^G2531 far^G2531 as^G2531 they were able^G1410 to [fn]understand^G191 it;

Mar 4:34

Mar 4:34and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

Jesus Stills the Sea

(Mat 8:23–27; Luk 8:22–25 )

Mar 4:35

On that day^G2250, when evening^G3798 came^G1096, He *said^G3004 to them, “Let’s go^G1330 over^G1330 to the other^G4008 side^G4008.”

Mar 4:36

Mar 4:36After dismissing the crowd, they *took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him.

Mar 4:37

Mar 4:37And a fierce gale of wind *developed, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling with water.

Mar 4:38

Mar 4:38And yet Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

Mar 4:39

Mar 4:39And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and [fn]it became perfectly calm.

Mar 4:40

Mar 4:40And He said to them, “Why are you [fn]afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

Mar 4:41

Mar 4:41They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

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NASB20 Footnotes

(4:9)

Or hear! or listen!

(4:10)

Lit those about Him

(4:17)

I.e., from the faith

(4:19)

Or age

(4:19)

Or proves to be unfruitful

(4:21)

Lit peck-measure

(4:23)

Or hear! or listen!

(4:24)

Lit By what measure you measure

Lit sends forth

Lit compare

Lit hear

Lit a great calm occurred

(4:40)

Lit cowardly

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