Mark 4-5

21st Century King James Version

4 And He began again to teach by the seaside. And there was gathered unto Him a great multitude, so that He entered into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

² And He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in His doctrine:

³ “Hearken! Behold, there went out a sower to sow.

⁴ And it came to pass as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

⁵ And some fell on stony ground where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.

⁶ But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷ And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸ And other fell on good ground; and it yielded fruit that sprang up and increased and brought forth: some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundredfold.”

⁹ And He said unto them, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁰ And when He was alone, those who were about Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

¹¹ And He said unto them, “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables,

¹² that, ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted and their sins should be forgiven them.’”

¹³ And He said unto them, “Know you not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?

¹⁴ The sower soweth the Word.

¹⁵ And these are they by the wayside, where the Word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the Word that was sown in their hearts.

¹⁶ And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground who, when they have heard the Word, immediately receive it with gladness;

¹⁷ but they have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the Word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

¹⁸ And these are they which are sown among thorns, such as hear the Word,

¹⁹ but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful.

²⁰ And these are they which are sown on good ground, such as hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

²¹ And He said unto them, “Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick?

²² For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should be revealed.

²³ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁴ And He said unto them, “Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you; and unto you that hear shall more be given.

²⁵ For he that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.”

²⁶ And He said, “So is the Kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground,

²⁷ and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

²⁸ For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

²⁹ But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.”

³⁰ And He said, “To what shall we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.

³² But when it is sown, it groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.”

³³ And with many such parables He spoke the Word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

³⁴ but without a parable spoke He not unto them. And when they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples.

³⁵ And that same day, when the evening had come, He said unto them, “Let us pass over unto the other side.”

³⁶ And when they had sent away the multitude, they took Him even as He was in the boat; and there were also with Him other little boats.

³⁷ And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.

³⁸ But He was in the hind part of the boat, asleep on a pillow; and they awoke Him and said unto Him, “Master, carest thou not that we perish?”

³⁹ And He arose, and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, “Peace, be still.” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰ And He said unto them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?”

⁴¹ And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

5 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

² And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him from out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

³ who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no man could bind him, no, not even with chains,

⁴ because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces; neither could any man tame him.

⁵ And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped Him,

⁷ and cried with a loud voice, and said, “What have I to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure Thee by God that Thou torment me not!”

⁸ For He had said unto him, “Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.”

⁹ And Jesus asked him, “What is thy name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

¹⁰ And he besought Him much that He would not send them away out of the country.

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

¹² And all the devils besought Him, saying, “Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.”

¹³ And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place and into the sea (they were about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.

¹⁴ And those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And the people went out to see what it was that had been done.

¹⁵ And they came to Jesus, and saw him that had been possessed by the devil and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

¹⁶ And those who saw it told the people what had befallen him that was possessed by the devil, and also concerning the swine.

¹⁷ And they began to pray Him to depart from their borders.

¹⁸ And when He had gotten into the boat, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed Him that he might be with Him.

¹⁹ But Jesus suffered him not, and said unto him, “Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how He hath had compassion on thee.”

²⁰ And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him. And all men marveled.

²¹ And when Jesus had passed over again by boat unto the other side, many people gathered unto Him; and He was nigh unto the sea.

²² And behold, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him, he fell at His feet

²³ and besought Him greatly, saying, “My little daughter lieth at the point of death. I pray Thee, come and lay Thy hands on her, that she may be healed, and she shall live.”

²⁴ And Jesus went with him, and many people followed Him and thronged Him.

²⁵ And a certain woman who had an issue of blood twelve years,

²⁶ and had suffered many things under many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse,

²⁷ when she had heard of Jesus, came up behind Him in the press of the crowd and touched His garment;

²⁸ for she said, “If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole.”

²⁹ And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

³⁰ And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him, turned about in the press of the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

³¹ And His disciples said unto Him, “Thou seest the multitude thronging Thee, and sayest Thou, ‘Who touched Me?’”

³² And He looked round about to see her who had done this thing.

³³ But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before Him and told Him all the truth.

³⁴ And He said unto her, “Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”

³⁵ While He yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain ones who said, “Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou the master any further?”

³⁶ As soon as Jesus heard the word that had been spoken, He said unto the ruler of the synagogue, “Be not afraid; only believe.”

³⁷ And He suffered no man to follow Him, save Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

³⁸ And He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult and those who wept and wailed greatly.

³⁹ And when He had come in, He said unto them, “Why make ye this ado and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.”

⁴⁰ And they laughed Him to scorn. But when He had put them all out, He took the father and the mother of the damsel and those who were with Him, and entered in where the damsel was lying.

⁴¹ And He took the damsel by the hand and said unto her, “Talitha cumi,” which is, being interpreted, “Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.”

⁴² And straightway the damsel arose and walked, for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

⁴³ And He charged them strictly that no man should know about it, and commanded that something should be given her to eat.