Mark 4

Mark 4:1

• Again
• And again
• Another time
• Once again

• Jesus
• He
• he

• began to
• began

• teach by the
• teach beside the
• teaching by the

• sea, and a
• sea. And a
• lake. And a

• very

• large
• great

• crowd
• crowd that
• multitude

• gathered around
• was gathered to
• gathered about

• Him.
• him,
• Him,
• him

• so that
• So
• so

• he,
• He
• he

• got into a
• entered into a

• boat and sat in it on the

• sea, and the
• sea; and the

• whole

• crowd
• multitude

• were on the
• was beside the
• was on the
• were by the
• was at the

• sea on the
• sea, on the

• land,
• land.

Mark 4:2

• He
• and he
• And he
• And He
• Then he
• Then He

• taught
• was teaching
• began to teach

• them many

• things in
• things by

• parables, and in
• parables, and in the
• parables; and in the

• his
• His
• course of his

• teaching

• he said to
• He said to
• said to

• them,
• them:

Mark 4:3

• ‘Listen! A
• “Listen! A
• “Listen!

• farmer
• sower
• Behold, a sower
• Behold, the sower
• man

• went out to

• sow;
• sow,
• sow.
• plant seed.
• plant his seed.

Mark 4:4

• [Translation pending]

Mark 4:5

• Other seed

• fell on
• fell on the

• rocky
• stony

• ground, where
• ground where

• it

• did not have
• had

• much
• little

• soil, and
• soil; and

• immediately it

• sprang up, because
• sprang up because

• it had no depth of

• soil.
• soil;
• earth;
• earth.

Mark 4:6

• When the sun
• and when the sun
• And when the sun
• But when the sun
• but, when the sun
• but when the sun

• came up
• came up,
• rose
• rose,
• had risen,
• came up, the

• it was

• scorched, and because
• scorched; and because
• scorched; and since
• scorched, and since

• it had no

• root
• root,

• it withered away.

Mark 4:7

• Other seed
• Some seed
• Some of the seed
• Some other seed
• and other
• And other

• fell among
• fell among the

• thorns; and the
• thorns and the
• thorns, and the
• thorns. The
• thorns; the
• thorny weeds. The

• thorns
• weeds

• grew
• came

• up and
• up, and

• choked
• choked the
• choked out the

• it, and
• it and

• it

• yielded no
• did not produce
• produced no

• grain.
• crop.
• fruit.

Mark 4:8

• [Translation pending]

Mark 4:9

• [Translation pending]

Mark 4:10

• When he
• When He
• And when he
• When Jesus
• Later, when Jesus

• was alone, those around

• Him with the twelve
• him with the twelve
• Him
• him

• asked
• questioned

• Him about the
• him about the

• parables.
• stories.

Mark 4:11

• He
• And he
• And He

• said to
• told

• them, “To you has been

• given the
• granted the

• secret of the
• mystery of the

• kingdom of

• God; but to those who
• God, but to those who

• are outside

• everything
• everything by

• comes in
• is in
• using

• parables:
• parables
• parables.
• parables;
• parables,
• stories:
• stories.
• stories

Mark 4:12

• [Translation pending]

Mark 4:13

• And he
• And He
• Then Jesus
• Jesus
• He

• said to
• said to the

• them,
• them, ‘
• them, “
• followers, “

• Do you not

• understand this
• understand the

• parable? How will

• you
• you to

• understand all the
• understand any
• understand any of the

• parables?
• parable?
• story?

Mark 4:14

• “The sower
• The sower
• The farmer
• “The farmer
• The seed the farmer

• sows the
• plants God

• Word.
• word.
• ’s teaching in people.

Mark 4:15

• These are the
• And these are the
• Some people are like

• ones on the
• ones along the

• path, where the
• path where the

• word

• is
• is like some

• sown: when
• sown; when
• sown. When
• sown; and when

• they

• hear,
• heard

• Satan immediately comes and

• takes away the
• carries away the
• carries off the

• word that
• word which
• message that
• teaching that

• was
• has been

• sown in
• planted in

• them.
• their hearts
• their hearts.

Mark 4:16

• And these are the
• These are the
• Other people are like the
• “Other people are like the

• ones
• seed
• seed that

• sown on
• sown on the
• sown upon
• planted on

• rocky
• stony

• ground: When
• ground: when
• ground: As
• ground; as
• places, who, when
• ground who, when
• ground, who, when
• ground.

• they
• They
• people
• soon as they

• hear the
• have heard the

• word,
• word
• word, they
• message, at
• message. At

• immediately
• once

• receive
• accept
• they receive

• it with
• it
• it at

• joy,
• joy;
• joy.
• once with joy.
• joyfully.
• joyfully;

Mark 4:17

• [Translation pending]

Mark 4:18

• “Others
• Others

• are the
• are like the

• ones
• seed

• sown among

• thorns.
• thorns;
• thorns:

• they
• They

• are those who hear the

• Word.
• word,
• Word;
• word;
• message.
• message,
• teaching.
• teaching,

Mark 4:19

• but the worries of this
• but the cares of the
• and the cares of this

• world, and the
• world and the
• life, the
• world, the

• deceitfulness of
• lure of

• wealth and the
• wealth, and the
• riches and the
• riches, and the

• desires for
• desire for

• other
• many other

• things
• things,

• come in and
• enter in and
• entering in

• choke the

• word and
• word, and

• it

• becomes
• proves
• produces
• bears no

• unfruitful.
• fruit.
• nothing.
• barren.

Mark 4:20

• [Translation pending]

Mark 4:21

• He
• Jesus
• And he
• Then Jesus
• He also

• said to

• them, ‘
• them, “
• them: “

• Is a lamp

• brought in to
• brought to

• be

• put under a
• put under the

• basket, or under a
• basket or under a

• bed? Is
• bed? Is it

• n’t it put on a stand?

Mark 4:22

• Everything that is hidden will be made clear. Every secret thing will be made known.

Mark 4:23

• If you
• You

• have

• ears to
• ears,

• hear, let him
• hear, let them
• hear,
• hear
• then

• listen!’
• listen.
• listen!
• listen.”
• listen!”
• hear!”
• hear.
• hear.’
• hear.”

Mark 4:24

• And he
• And He
• Then He
• He

• said to

• them, ‘
• them, “

• Take
• Pay

• attention to what
• heed what
• care what

• you

• hear; the
• hear. The
• hear! The
• hear. With the
• hear: with the
• hear! With the

• measure you

• use,
• measure,
• measure

• it will be

• measured to
• measured out to
• used for

• you, and
• you; and

• more will be

• added to
• given
• given to

• you.

Mark 4:25

• Those who have will be given

• more, but those who
• more. But those who

• do

• not
• n’t

• have, even what

• he
• they
• you

• has
• have

• will be

• taken away from
• taken from
• taken

• him.’
• him.”
• away from him.”
• them.
• them.”

Mark 4:26

• And he
• And He
• He also
• He
• Then Jesus
• Jesus also
• Jesus

• said, The
• said, “The
• said, ‘The
• said, “This is what the
• said, ‘This is what the
• said: “This is what the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• God

• is like: a
• is like. A
• is like a
• is as if a
• is like this. A
• is like

• man
• man who
• someone
• someone who

• scatters
• plants
• should scatter

• seed on the
• seed in the
• seed upon the

• ground.
• ground;
• ground,
• land
• land.
• land;
• earth,
• earth.

Mark 4:27

• He
• he

• sleeps and

• rises—
• rises
• gets

• night and
• up, night and

• day, and the
• day and the
• day while the
• day, while the

• seed

• sprouts and
• would sprout and
• should sprout and

• grow,
• grows—
• grows;
• grows, though
• grows, but

• he does

• not
• n’t

• know how.
• know.

Mark 4:28

• The ground
• The earth
• The soil
• For the earth

• produces a crop by
• produces crops by

• itself;
• itself:
• itself.
• itself—
• itself,

• First the
• first the

• blade,
• stalk,
• plant grows,

• then the

• head,
• ear,
• head, and

• then the full grain in the

• head.
• ear;
• ear.

Mark 4:29

• When the grain
• And when the grain
• But as soon as the crop
• but, as soon as the crop
• but as soon as the crop
• As soon as the grain
• But when the grain

• is

• ripe, at once
• ripe, immediately

• he ‘
• he

• puts in the
• sends in the

• sickle because the
• sickle, because the

• harvest has

• come.’
• come.”
• come’.”
• come.

Mark 4:30

• And he
• And He
• He
• Jesus
• Then he
• Then He
• Then Jesus
• He also

• said: “To what
• said, ‘To what
• said, “To what
• said, “How
• said: “How
• said, “What
• said, ‘What
• said, With what
• said, “With what

• can
• shall

• we
• I

• compare the
• liken the
• picture the
• say the

• kingdom of

• God, or what
• God, or by what

• parable

• can
• shall
• will

• we
• I

• use for
• use to explain
• compare
• present
• use to describe

• it?

Mark 4:31

• It

• is like a
• ’s like a

• mustard

• seed that when
• seed that, when
• seed, which, when
• seed which, when
• seed
• seed. When

• it is sown in the
• sown in the
• sown upon the
• is planted in the
• planted in the
• sown on the

• ground.
• ground,

• is the
• It is the
• is
• it’s the

• smallest of all the
• smallest of all
• smallest
• smaller than all the

• seeds on
• seeds on the

• ground.
• ground—
• ground,
• earth;
• earth,
• earth.

Mark 4:32

• [Translation pending]

Mark 4:33

• So with many

• parables
• parables like these,

• He
• he
• Jesus

• spoke the
• was speaking the

• word to

• them, as
• them as

• they were able to

• understand.
• hear it.
• hear it;
• hear.

Mark 4:34

• He
• he
• And he
• and He
• And He

• didnot speak to

• them without a
• them except in

• parables. But
• parables, but

• he explained everything in private to

• his
• his own

• disciples.

Mark 4:35

• On that day, when evening
• That evening,

• Jesus
• came, Jesus

• said to his

• disciples, “
• followers, “

• Let
• Come with

• us cross over to the
• us go over to the
• ’s go over to the
• us go across to the
• ’s cross to the
• ’s cross over to the
• me across the

• other side.’
• other side.”
• other side of the lake.”
• other side of the lake.’
• lake.”
• lake.
• other side of the sea.’
• other side of the sea.”

Mark 4:36

• Leaving the
• And leaving the
• They left the
• So after leaving the

• crowd,
• crowd behind,
• crowd behind
• multitude,

• they took

• him with
• him,
• him

• them, just as he was, in the

• boat, and
• boat. And

• other boats

• were with
• were also with

• Him.
• him.

Mark 4:37

• And a great
• A big
• A violent

• windstorm
• squall
• storm of wind
• wind storm

• arose, and the
• arose and the
• developed and the
• developed, and the
• came up. The
• came on and the
• came on, and the
• came up on the

• waves
• lake. The waves

• were breaking into the
• beat into the
• were breaking over the
• broke over the
• were coming over the

• boat so that the
• boat, so that the
• boat so that
• boat, so that
• boat, and
• boat.
• boat so much that the
• boat, so much that the

• it
• It
• boat

• was
• began to
• was about to

• swamped.
• sink.

Mark 4:38

• Jesus
• But he
• But He
• But Jesus

• was in the

• stern,
• stern
• back
• back,

• asleep on a
• asleep on the
• sleeping on a
• sleeping on the

• cushion; and
• cushion, and
• cushion. And
• cushion.
• cushion;
• cushion. The

• they
• They
• disciples

• woke
• roused

• Him and
• him and
• him up, and
• him up and

• said to

• Him, “
• him, “
• him, ‘

• Teacher, do

• you
• You

• not

• care that
• care about
• care if

• we
• us? We

• are perishing?”
• are about to die?”
• ’re going to die?”
• ’re going to die?
• perish?’
• perish?”
• drown?”

Mark 4:39

• He
• And he
• And He
• Jesus
• So he

• got up and
• got up,
• awoke, and
• awoke and
• woke up and
• woke up,
• stood up and

• rebuked the
• commanded the

• wind and
• wind, and

• said to the

• sea, “
• sea,
• sea, ‘
• sea: “
• waves, “

• Quiet!
• Peace!
• Peace,
• Silence!
• Hush!
• Hush,

• Be still!’ The
• Be still!” The
• Be still!” Then the
• be still.” And the
• be still!” And the
• be still. And the
• Be still!” And the

• wind

• ceased and there
• ceased, and there
• died down and
• died down. And
• dropped and there
• dropped, and there

• was a
• was
• it was

• great
• completely
• dead

• calm.
• calm:

Mark 4:40

• He
• Then he
• Then He
• And he
• And He
• Jesus

• said to
• asked

• them, “Why
• them, ‘Why
• his disciples, “Why
• his followers, “Why
• His followers, “Why

• are you

• afraid?
• so afraid?
• frightened?
• fearful?
• such cowards?

• Do
• Have

• you

• still
• not
• not yet

• have no
• have
• have any

• faith?’
• faith?
• faith?”
• faith yet?”

Mark 4:41

• They
• and they
• And they
• But they

• were
• feared

• very afraid and
• terrified and
• exceedingly, and
• filled with great awe and
• filled with great fear and
• very much afraid and

• said to one another, ‘Who
• said to one another, “Who
• said to one another: “Who
• asked each
• said one to another, Who
• said one to another, ‘Who,

• then
• then,
• other, “Who
• can this

• is this?
• is this, that
• be?—
• be?
• be, that
• be that

• even the
• Even the
• even

• wind and the
• wind and

• sea
• waves

• obey him.’
• obey Him!”
• obey Him?”
• obey Him?
• obey him!”
• obey him?
• obey him?”
• obey?’
• obey?”