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Parable of the Sower and Soils |
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Mark 4:1
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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. |
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Mark 4:2
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And He was teaching them many things in parables,
and was saying to them in His teaching, |
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Mark 4:3
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"Listen to this! Behold,
the sower went out to sow; |
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Mark 4:4
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as he was sowing, some
seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. |
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Mark 4:5
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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. |
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Mark 4:6
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And after the sun had
risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. |
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Mark 4:7
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Other seed fell among
the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. |
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Mark 4:8
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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." |
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Mark 4:9
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And He was saying, "He
who has ears to hear, let him hear." |
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Mark 4:10
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As soon as He was alone, His followers, along
with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. |
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Mark 4:11
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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, |
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Mark 4:12
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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." |
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Explanation |
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Mark 4:13
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And He *said
to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you
understand all the parables? |
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Mark 4:14
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The sower sows the word. |
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Mark 4:15
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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. |
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Mark 4:16
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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; |
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Mark 4:17
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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. |
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Mark 4:18
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And others are the ones
on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the
word, |
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Mark 4:19
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but the worries of the
world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter
in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. |
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Mark 4:20
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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." |
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Mark 4:21
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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? |
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Mark 4:22
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For nothing is hidden,
except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to
light. |
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Mark 4:23
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If anyone has ears to
hear, let him hear." |
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Mark 4:24
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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. |
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Mark 4:25
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For whoever has, to him
more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken
away from him." |
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Parable of the Seed |
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Mark 4:26
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And He was saying, "The
kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; |
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Mark 4:27
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and he goes to bed at
night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows--how, he himself does
not know. |
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Mark 4:28
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The soil produces crops
by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. |
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Mark 4:29
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But when the crop permits,
he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." |
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Parable of the Mustard Seed |
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Mark 4:30
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And He said, "How shall
we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? |
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Mark 4:31
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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, |
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Mark 4:32
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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 AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE." |
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Mark 4:33
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With many such parables He was speaking the
word to them, so far as they were able to hear it; |
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Mark 4:34
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and He did not speak to them without a parable;
but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples. |
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Jesus Stills the Sea |
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Mark 4:35
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On that day, when evening came, He *said
to them, "Let us go over to the other side." |
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Mark 4:36
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Leaving the crowd, they *took
Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. |
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Mark 4:37
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And there *arose
a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that
the boat was already filling up. |
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Mark 4:38
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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?" |
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Mark 4:39
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And He got up and rebuked the wind and said
to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the wind died down
and it became perfectly calm. |
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Mark 4:40
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And He said to them, "Why
are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?" |
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Mark 4:41
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They 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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