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馬可福音 4
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
馬可福音 4
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
撒種的比喻
4 又一次，耶穌開始在湖邊[a]教導人。有一大群人聚集到他那裡，所以他上了湖中的一條船坐下來。眾人都在岸邊，面對湖站著。 2 耶穌用比喻教導他們很多事，在教導時對他們說： 3 「你們當聽好：看哪，有一個撒種的出去撒種。 4 他撒的時候，有的種子落在路邊，[b]飛鳥來了，就把它吃掉了。 5 另有落在岩石地上的，那裡沒有多少泥土，它立刻就發芽了，因為土不深； 6 當太陽升起，它被暴曬，就枯萎了，因為沒有根。 7 另有落進荊棘叢裡的，荊棘長起來把它擠住，它就結不出果實了。 8 可是另有落進好土壤裡的，就發芽、生長，不斷地結出果實，結出的有三十倍的、有六十倍的、有一百倍的。」 9 耶穌說：「凡是有耳可聽的，就應當聽！」
用比喻的原因
10 耶穌獨自一人的時候，跟隨他的人與十二使徒[c]一起問他這些比喻的意思。 11 耶穌對他們說：「神國的奧祕已經賜給你們了[d]，但是對外人，一切都是用比喻的。 12 這是為要使
解明撒種的比喻
13 耶穌對他們說：「你們不明白這個比喻，又怎麼能領會所有的比喻呢？ 14 撒種的人所撒的是話語。 15 那被撒上話語的『路邊之地』是這樣一些人：他們聽了話語以後，撒旦就立刻來把那撒在他們心裡[g]的話語奪走。 16 [h]那被撒上話語的『岩石地』是這樣一些人：他們一旦聽了這話語，就立刻懷著喜樂的心接受了它； 17 可是他們裡面沒有根而不能持久，一旦為這話語受患難或逼迫，他們立刻就放棄[i]了。 18 那被撒進話語的『荊棘叢』是另外一些人，那些人是這樣的：他們聽了這話語， 19 但今世的各種憂慮、財富的迷惑，以及其他各種欲望紛紛進來把這話語擠住了，他就成了不結果實的。 20 而那被撒上話語的『好土壤』是這樣的人：他們聽了這話語就接受，並且結出果實來，有三十倍的，有六十倍的，也有一百倍的。」
油燈的比喻
21 耶穌又對他們說：「油燈拿進來，難道是為了放在斗[j]底下，或床底下嗎？不是為了放在燈臺上嗎？ 22 這樣，就算是隱祕的事，也沒有不顯明出來的；即使是隱藏的事，也沒有不顯露出來的。 23 凡是有耳可聽的，就應當聽！」 24 耶穌又說：「你們要留心所聽到的。你們用什麼量器[k]來衡量，也會同樣地被衡量，而且還將加添給你們[l]； 25 因為凡是有的，還要賜給他；凡是沒有的，連他有的也將從他那裡被拿走。」
種子生長的比喻
26 耶穌又說：「神的國就像這樣：有人在地上撒了種子， 27 黑夜白晝，或睡或起，他卻不知道那種子怎樣發芽和長大。 28 大地自然長出五穀[m]——先長苗，再吐穗，然後穗上結出飽滿的子粒。 29 當果實成熟的時候，他立刻伸出鐮刀，因為收割的季節到了。」
芥菜種的比喻
30 耶穌又說：「我們把神的國比做什麼呢？用什麼比喻來表明[n]它呢？ 31 它好像一粒芥菜種子，被種入地裡的時候，比地上所有的種子更小， 32 可是被種下去以後，它就長起來，長得比所有蔬菜更大，並且長出大枝子，以致天空的飛鳥能在它的蔭下搭窩。」
使用比喻
33 耶穌照著他們所能聽的，用許多這樣的比喻，向他們講道。 34 他向眾人講話，沒有不用比喻的。可是，他卻單獨給自己的門徒們解釋一切。
平靜風浪
35 那天晚上，耶穌對門徒們說：「我們渡到對岸去吧。」 36 門徒離開眾人，耶穌仍然在船上，他們就把他一同帶去；也有別的船[o]與他同行。 37 這時候，起了大風暴，以致波浪打進船裡，船幾乎灌滿了水。 38 耶穌卻在船尾靠著枕頭睡著了。門徒們叫醒他，說：「老師！我們沒命了，你不管嗎？」
39 耶穌就起來，斥責了風，對浪[p]說：「不許做聲！平靜下來！」於是風就停了，湖面就變得一片平靜。 40 耶穌對門徒們說：「為什麼膽怯呢？你們還沒有信嗎？」
41 門徒們就大為驚恐，彼此說：「這個人究竟是誰？連風和浪也聽從他！」
Footnotes
- 馬可福音 4:1 湖——原文直譯「海」；指「加利利湖（海）」。
- 馬可福音 4:4 有古抄本附「天空的」。
- 馬可福音 4:10 使徒——輔助詞語。
- 馬可福音 4:11 賜給你們了——有古抄本作「賜下來讓你們知道」。
- 馬可福音 4:12 有古抄本附「罪」。
- 馬可福音 4:12 《以賽亞書》6:9-10。
- 馬可福音 4:15 在他們心裡——有古抄本作「在他們裡面」。
- 馬可福音 4:16 有古抄本附「同樣，」。
- 馬可福音 4:17 放棄——原文直譯「絆倒」。
- 馬可福音 4:21 斗——指「一種度量穀物的量器」；容量約為9升。
- 馬可福音 4:24 量器——或譯作「尺度」或「標準」。
- 馬可福音 4:24 你們——有古抄本作「你們這些正在聽的人」。
- 馬可福音 4:28 長出五穀——原文直譯「結出果實」。
- 馬可福音 4:30 表明——或譯作「描述」；有古抄本作「比做」。
- 馬可福音 4:36 船——有古抄本作「小船」。
- 馬可福音 4:39 浪——或譯作「湖」；原文直譯「海」。
Mark 4
The Voice
Mark 4
The Voice
4 1-2 Jesus went out again to teach by the Sea of Galilee. When the crowd became unmanageable, He climbed aboard a boat and sat down to teach the people listening on the shore by telling them parables. One of His teachings went like this:
Jesus: 3 Listen! A farmer went out and sowed his seed. 4 As he scattered it, one seed fell along the hardened path, and a bird flapped down and snapped it up. 5 One seed fell onto rocky places where the soil was thin, so it sprang up quickly. 6 But when the hot sun scorched the fragile stems and leaves, the seedling withered because its roots didn’t go deep in the soil. 7 One of the seeds fell among the weeds and thorns, which crowded the seedling out of producing a crop. 8 And the rest of the seeds fell in good, rich soil. When they sprouted, the plants grew and produced a crop 30, 60, even 100 times larger than expected for every seed that the farmer had sown.
9 All who have ears to hear, let them listen.
10 When they were alone, the twelve and others close to Him asked why He always taught in parables instead of explaining His teachings clearly.
Jesus: 11 God has let you in on the inside story regarding the workings of the Kingdom—the hidden meanings. But the crowds—I teach them in parables 12 as the prophet Isaiah predicted,
So that when they look, they see and yet do not understand.
When they hear, they listen and yet do not comprehend.
Otherwise, they might really turn and be forgiven.[a]
This makes the disciples scratch their heads. Why would He want to hide the truth from some people? His teachings are hard enough without putting them into parables.
13 Do you mean to say that you didn’t understand My parable of the sower? That was the key parable. If you don’t see what I was trying to teach there, how will you be able to understand any of the others?
14 The seed the farmer is sowing is the good news, God’s word. 15 Some people are the seed thrown onto the path, and the tempter snaps up the word before it can even take root. 16 Others are the seed thrown among the rocks. Those people hear the word and receive it immediately with joy and enthusiasm; 17 but without deep roots, doubt, trouble, or persecution instantly withers their faith. 18 Still others are the seed tossed among weeds and brambles. The word has reached them, 19 but the things of this life—the worries, the drive for more and more, the desire for other things—those things cluster around close and choke the life of God out of them until they cannot produce. 20 But those last seeds—those sown into good soil? Those people hear the word, accept it, meditate on it, act on it, and bear fruit—a crop 30, 60, or 100 times larger than the farmer dropped to earth.
Jesus’ teaching often includes parables: stories that explain the truth about the Kingdom with examples from everyday life. Considering that most of His listeners know about farming, it’s no wonder most of Jesus’ parables are based on agricultural realities.
Parables like this force Jesus’ listeners to think about the kingdom of God differently. He challenges their ideas, and He also knows they are unlikely to forget it. When they see farmers broadcasting their seeds, they will remember this parable and ponder the mysteries of the Kingdom. It never seems to bother Him that people are confused by His teaching. He doesn’t expect them to understand everything; He wants them to wrestle with His teachings so His words will sit in their hearts and germinate—much like the seed sitting in good soil that eventually grows to bear fruit.
Jesus: 21 When you bring a lamp into the house, do you put it under a box or stuff it under your bed? Or do you set it on top of a table or chest? 22 Those things that are hidden are meant to be revealed, and what is concealed is meant to be brought out where its light can shine.
23 All who have ears to hear, let them listen.
24 So consider carefully the things you’re hearing. If you put it to use, you’ll be given more to wrestle with—much more. 25 Those who have listened will receive more, but those who don’t hear will forget even the little they’ve failed to understand.
26 Here is what the kingdom of God is like: a man who throws seeds onto the earth. 27 Day and night, as he works and as he sleeps, the seeds sprout and climb out into the light, even though he doesn’t understand how it works. 28 It’s as though the soil itself produced the grain somehow—from a sprouted stalk to ripened fruit. 29 But however it happens, when he sees that the grain has grown and ripened, he gets his sickle and begins to cut it because the harvest has come.
30 What else is the kingdom of God like? What earthly thing can we compare it to? 31 The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, the tiniest seed you can sow. 32 But after that seed is planted, it grows into the largest plant in the garden, a plant so big that birds can build their nests in the shade of its branches.
33 Jesus spoke many parables like these to the people who followed Him. 34 This was the only way He taught them, although when He was alone with His chosen few, He interpreted all the stories so the disciples truly understood.
35 The same evening, Jesus suggested they cross over to the other side of the lake. 36 With Jesus already in the boat, they left the crowd behind and set sail along with a few other boats that followed. 37 As they sailed, a storm formed. The winds whipped up huge waves that broke over the bow, filling the boat with so much water that even the experienced sailors among them were sure they were going to sink.
38 Jesus was back in the stern of the boat, sound asleep on a cushion, when the disciples shook Him awake.
Disciples (shouting over the storm): Jesus, Master, don’t You care that we’re going to die?
39 He got up, shouted words into the wind, and commanded the waves.
Jesus: That’s enough! Be still!
And immediately the wind died down to nothing, the waves stopped.
Jesus: 40 How can you be so afraid? After all you’ve seen, where is your faith?
41 The disciples were still afraid, slowly coming to grips with what they had seen.
Disciples (to one another): Who is this Jesus? How can it be that He has power over even the wind and the waves?
Footnotes
Mark 4
New International Version
Mark 4
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The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)
4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables,(D) and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(E) 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”(F)
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(G)
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(H) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(I) everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”(J)
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word.(K) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan(L) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth(M) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
A Lamp on a Stand
21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?(N) 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.(O) 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”(P)
24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(Q) 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(R)
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(S) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”(T)
The Parable of the Mustard Seed(U)
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,(V) or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(W) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(X) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Jesus Calms the Storm(Y)
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.(Z) There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”(AA)
41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Footnotes
- Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10
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