Mark 4:20-23
New American Standard Bible
20 And those are the ones sown with seed on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and (A)bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.”
21 And He was saying to them, “(B)A lamp is not brought to be put under a [a]basket, or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand? 22 (C)For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light. 23 (D)If anyone has ears to hear, [b]let him hear.”
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Mark 4:20-23
The Message
20 “But the seed planted in the good earth represents those who hear the Word, embrace it, and produce a harvest beyond their wildest dreams.”
Giving, Not Getting
21-22 Jesus went on: “Does anyone bring a lamp home and put it under a bucket or beneath the bed? Don’t you put it up on a table or on the mantel? We’re not keeping secrets, we’re telling them; we’re not hiding things, we’re bringing them out into the open.
23 “Are you listening to this? Really listening?
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