馬 可 福 音 4
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
关于农夫播种的寓言
4 耶稣又开始在湖边教导人们。聚集在他身边的人太多了，他离开岸边，上了一条船，坐了下来，所有的人都留在岸边。 2 耶稣通过讲故事来教导人们。他是这样讲的： 3 “听着！从前有个农夫出去播种。 4 他撒种的时候，有些种子掉在路边，被飞来的鸟儿吃掉了。 5 有些种子落在浅土的石地上，因为土壤不深，种子很快就发芽了， 6 但是扎不下根，太阳出来一晒，它们就枯萎了。 7 还有些种子落进荆棘丛中，草壮欺苗，种子最终不能结果。 8 另一些种子落进肥沃的土里，发芽，抽穗，结果；结出三十倍、六十倍、甚至一百倍的果实。”
9 耶稣又说∶“有耳能听的人， 都应该听着！”
耶稣为什么用寓言教导人
10 当耶稣独自一人时，与他和十二使徒在一起的人问耶稣这些寓言的含义。 11 耶稣告诉他们∶“只有你们这些人能知道上帝王国的奥秘，可是对其他人来说，我用寓言故事讲述一切。 12 这么做，以便：
‘他们看了又看，
却什么也看不见；
他们听了又听，
却什么也听不懂。
否则，他们有可能回归上帝，
得到宽恕。’” (A)
耶稣解释种子的寓言
13 耶稣对门徒说∶“你们理解这个寓言吗？如果不能，那么你们又怎么能够理解任何一个寓言呢？ 14 农夫播种的是福音。 15 有些人就如播在路边的种子，他们听到后，撒旦立刻来把播在他们心中的福音夺走了。 16 有些人就像那些播在石头地上的种子。他们听到福音后，立即欣然接受了。 17 但是却没有在他们心中扎根，因此也只持续片刻。一旦福音给他招来麻烦或迫害，他们便立刻放弃了信仰。 18 另外一些人就像撒在荆棘丛中的种子，他们听到了福音， 19 但却让现世的烦恼、财富的诱惑和其它的欲望膨胀，窒息了福音，而无结果。 20 其他人则像撒在肥沃土壤里的种子， 他们听到了福音，便接受了，而且还结出硕果—有时增加三十倍、或六十倍，或者百倍的果实 [a]。”
用其所有
21 耶稣对人们说∶“灯拿来是被扣在碗下面或者放在床下的吗？灯拿来不是要被放在灯台上的吗？ 22 所有隐藏的事情都会暴露，所有秘密的事情都会被人知道。 23 能听见我的话的人，听着。
24 “你们要仔细琢磨你们听到的。你们用怎样的量器给别人，上帝也会用怎样的量器给你们，而且甚至会多给你们。 25 拥有的人，会得到更多；几乎一无所有的人，就连他们仅有的一点点也要被拿走。” [b]
种子的寓言
26 耶稣说∶“上帝的王国就像这样：一个人把种子播进地里。 27 种子发芽，日夜生长。不论这个人日出而起，还是日落而息都无关紧要，种子依旧在生长。种子发芽了，长大了，可是他并不知道种子是怎样成长的。 28 土地自己长出庄稼，先长茎，再抽穗，然后穗上结出饱满的谷粒。 29 等到庄稼熟了，他便立即用镰刀收割，这是收获的季节。”
上帝的王国像什么？
30 耶稣说∶“我能把上帝的王国比作什么呢? 我能用什么样的比喻呢? 31 上帝的王国就像一粒芥茉籽，刚种下的时候，它是世界上最小的种子。 32 可是一旦种下，它就长成了园子里最大的一棵植物。它长出粗大的枝条，甚至连天上的鸟儿都能在它的荫下筑巢。”
33 耶稣用了许多像这样的寓言故事讲道，他讲得道都是他们能听懂的。 34 他总是用寓言来讲道。但是当他和他的门徒单独在一起的时候，他就把一切都解释给他们听。
耶稣的门徒目睹他的力量
35 那天晚上，耶稣对门徒们说∶“咱们到湖对岸去吧。” 36 他们离开人群，上了耶稣乘坐的那只小船。还有几只船和他们同行。 37 这时湖面上刮起了一阵大风，浪头打到船上，船几乎灌满了水。 38 可是耶稣正在船尾枕头上睡觉。门徒们过去把他叫醒， 说∶“老师，您难道不在乎我们被淹死吗？”
39 耶稣站起身，喝斥狂风，并对湖水说∶“安静！静下来！”风便停了，湖面变得一片平静。
40 耶稣对门徒们说∶“你们为什么害怕呢？难道你们仍旧没有信仰吗？”
41 但是门徒们非常害怕，彼此议论说∶“他到底是什么人？连风和水都服从他。”
Footnotes
- 馬 可 福 音 4:20 果实： 上帝要他的子民所行的善行。
- 馬 可 福 音 4:25 你们要仔细琢磨你们听到的。 你越用心，你会理解的越多， 而且还会赐给你更多的理解。 理解的人会得到更多， 没有多少的人甚至还会失去他们仅有的一点点。”
Mark 4
Modern English Version
The Parable of the Sower(A)
4 Again He began to teach by the seaside. A large crowd was gathered before Him, so that He entered a boat and sat in it on the sea. And the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. 2 He taught them many things in parables and said to them in His teaching: 3 “Listen! And take note: A sower went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell beside the path, and the birds of the air came and devoured it. 5 Some seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and soon it sprang up because it did not have deep soil. 6 But when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seed fell on good ground, and it yielded grain that sprang up and increased by thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.”
9 Then He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
The Purpose of the Parables(B)
10 When He was alone, those who were around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 11 He said to them, “To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, everything is said in parables, 12 so that
‘seeing they may see, and not perceive,
and hearing they may hear and not understand;
lest they should turn, and their sins be forgiven them.’[a]”
The Parable of the Sower Explained(C)
13 Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are those beside the path, where the word is sown. But when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts. 16 Others, likewise, are seed sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness, 17 but have no root in themselves, and so endure for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution rises for the word’s sake, immediately they fall away. 18 And others are seed sown among thorns, the ones who hear the word. 19 But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 Still others are seed sown on good ground, those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit: thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.”
A Light Under a Basket(D)
21 He said to 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 hidden except to be revealed; neither is anything kept secret except to be proclaimed. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
24 He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. The measure you give will be measured for you, and to you who hear will more be given. 25 For to him who has will more be given. And from him who has not will be taken, even what he has.”
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how. 28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the head, then the full seed in the head. 29 But when the grain is ripe, immediately he applies the sickle because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed(E)
30 He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God, or with what parable shall we compare it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest seed on earth. 32 Yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all shrubs, and shoots out great branches, so that the birds of the air may nest in its shade.”
The Use of Parables(F)
33 With many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it. 34 Without a parable He did not speak to them. But when they were alone, He expounded on all things to His disciples.
The Calming of a Storm(G)
35 That same day, when the evening came, He said to them, “Let us go cross to the other side.” 36 When they had sent the crowd away, they took Him in the boat just as He was. There were also other little boats with Him. 37 A great wind storm arose, and the waves splashed into the boat, so that it was now filling the boat. 38 He was in the stern asleep on a pillow. They woke Him and said, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
39 He rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” Then the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
40 He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is that you have no faith?”
41 They feared greatly and said to one another, “What kind of Man is He, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
Footnotes
Copyright © 2004 by World Bible Translation Center
The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.