撒种的比喻

又一次,耶稣开始在湖边[a]教导人。有一大群人聚集到他那里,所以他上了湖中的一条船坐下来。众人都在岸边,面对湖站着。 耶稣用比喻教导他们很多事,在教导时对他们说: “你们当听好:看哪,有一个撒种的出去撒种。 他撒的时候,有的种子落在路边,[b]飞鸟来了,就把它吃掉了。 另有落在岩石地上的,那里没有多少泥土,它立刻就发芽了,因为土不深; 当太阳升起,它被暴晒,就枯萎了,因为没有根。 另有落进荆棘丛里的,荆棘长起来把它挤住,它就结不出果实了。 可是另有落进好土壤里的,就发芽、生长,不断地结出果实,结出的有三十倍的、有六十倍的、有一百倍的。” 耶稣说:“凡是有耳可听的,就应当听!”

用比喻的原因

10 耶稣独自一人的时候,跟随他的人与十二使徒[c]一起问他这些比喻的意思。 11 耶稣对他们说:“神国的奥秘已经赐给你们了[d],但是对外人,一切都是用比喻的。 12 这是为要使

‘他们看了又看,却不明白,
听了又听,却不领悟,
免得他们回转过来,
[e]被赦免。’[f]

解明撒种的比喻

13 耶稣对他们说:“你们不明白这个比喻,又怎么能领会所有的比喻呢? 14 撒种的人所撒的是话语。 15 那被撒上话语的‘路边之地’是这样一些人:他们听了话语以后,撒旦就立刻来把那撒在他们心里[g]的话语夺走。 16 [h]那被撒上话语的‘岩石地’是这样一些人:他们一旦听了这话语,就立刻怀着喜乐的心接受了它; 17 可是他们里面没有根而不能持久,一旦为这话语受患难或逼迫,他们立刻就放弃[i]了。 18 那被撒进话语的‘荆棘丛’是另外一些人,那些人是这样的:他们听了这话语, 19 但今世的各种忧虑、财富的迷惑,以及其他各种欲望纷纷进来把这话语挤住了,他就成了不结果实的。 20 而那被撒上话语的‘好土壤’是这样的人:他们听了这话语就接受,并且结出果实来,有三十倍的,有六十倍的,也有一百倍的。”

油灯的比喻

21 耶稣又对他们说:“油灯拿进来,难道是为了放在斗[j]底下,或床底下吗?不是为了放在灯台上吗? 22 这样,就算是隐秘的事,也没有不显明出来的;即使是隐藏的事,也没有不显露出来的。 23 凡是有耳可听的,就应当听!” 24 耶稣又说:“你们要留心所听到的。你们用什么量器[k]来衡量,也会同样地被衡量,而且还将加添给你们[l] 25 因为凡是有的,还要赐给他;凡是没有的,连他有的也将从他那里被拿走。”

种子生长的比喻

26 耶稣又说:“神的国就像这样:有人在地上撒了种子, 27 黑夜白昼,或睡或起,他却不知道那种子怎样发芽和长大。 28 大地自然长出五谷[m]——先长苗,再吐穗,然后穗上结出饱满的子粒。 29 当果实成熟的时候,他立刻伸出镰刀,因为收割的季节到了。”

芥菜种的比喻

30 耶稣又说:“我们把神的国比做什么呢?用什么比喻来表明[n]它呢? 31 它好像一粒芥菜种子,被种入地里的时候,比地上所有的种子更小, 32 可是被种下去以后,它就长起来,长得比所有蔬菜更大,并且长出大枝子,以致天空的飞鸟能在它的荫下搭窝。”

使用比喻

33 耶稣照着他们所能听的,用许多这样的比喻,向他们讲道。 34 他向众人讲话,没有不用比喻的。可是,他却单独给自己的门徒们解释一切。

平静风浪

35 那天晚上,耶稣对门徒们说:“我们渡到对岸去吧。” 36 门徒离开众人,耶稣仍然在船上,他们就把他一同带去;也有别的船[o]与他同行。 37 这时候,起了大风暴,以致波浪打进船里,船几乎灌满了水。 38 耶稣却在船尾靠着枕头睡着了。门徒们叫醒他,说:“老师!我们没命了,你不管吗?”

39 耶稣就起来,斥责了风,对浪[p]说:“不许做声!平静下来!”于是风就停了,湖面就变得一片平静。 40 耶稣对门徒们说:“为什么胆怯呢?你们还没有信吗?”

41 门徒们就大为惊恐,彼此说:“这个人究竟是谁?连风和浪也听从他!”

Footnotes

  1. 马可福音 4:1 湖——原文直译“海”;指“加利利湖(海)”。
  2. 马可福音 4:4 有古抄本附“天空的”。
  3. 马可福音 4:10 使徒——辅助词语。
  4. 马可福音 4:11 赐给你们了——有古抄本作“赐下来让你们知道”。
  5. 马可福音 4:12 有古抄本附“罪”。
  6. 马可福音 4:12 《以赛亚书》6:9-10。
  7. 马可福音 4:15 在他们心里——有古抄本作“在他们里面”。
  8. 马可福音 4:16 有古抄本附“同样,”。
  9. 马可福音 4:17 放弃——原文直译“绊倒”。
  10. 马可福音 4:21 斗——指“一种度量谷物的量器”;容量约为9升。
  11. 马可福音 4:24 量器——或译作“尺度”或“标准”。
  12. 马可福音 4:24 你们——有古抄本作“你们这些正在听的人”。
  13. 马可福音 4:28 长出五谷——原文直译“结出果实”。
  14. 马可福音 4:30 表明——或译作“描述”;有古抄本作“比做”。
  15. 马可福音 4:36 船——有古抄本作“小船”。
  16. 马可福音 4:39 浪——或译作“湖”;原文直译“海”。

The Parable of the Sower

Again (A)he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, (B)so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And (C)he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: “Listen! Behold, (D)a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. And (E)when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, (F)it withered away. Other seed fell among (G)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and (H)a hundredfold.” And he said, (I)“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

The Purpose of the Parables

10 And (J)when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, (K)“To you has been given (L)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for (M)those outside everything is in parables, 12 (N)so that

“‘they (O)may indeed see but not perceive,
    and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they (P)should turn and be forgiven.’”

13 (Q)And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 (R)The sower sows (S)the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it (T)with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but (U)endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately (V)they fall away.[a] 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but (W)the cares of (X)the world and (Y)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and (Z)bear fruit, (AA)thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

A Lamp Under a Basket

21 (AB)And he said to them, (AC)“Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 (AD)For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. 23 (AE)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: (AF)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. 25 (AG)For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

The Parable of the Seed Growing

26 And he said, (AH)“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; (AI)he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once (AJ)he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 (AK)And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like (AL)a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

33 (AM)With many such parables he spoke (AN)the word to them, (AO)as they were able to hear it. 34 He did not speak to them (AP)without a parable, but (AQ)privately to his own disciples he (AR)explained everything.

Jesus Calms a Storm

35 (AS)On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves (AT)were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 39 And he awoke and (AU)rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and (AV)there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you (AW)so afraid? Have you still no faith?” 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, (AX)“Who then is this, that even (AY)the wind and the sea obey him?”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:17 Or stumble

撒种的比喻

又一次,耶稣开始在湖边[a]教导人。有一大群人聚集到他那里,所以他上了湖中的一条船坐下来。众人都在岸边,面对湖站着。 耶稣用比喻教导他们很多事,在教导时对他们说: “你们当听好:看哪,有一个撒种的出去撒种。 他撒的时候,有的种子落在路边,[b]飞鸟来了,就把它吃掉了。 另有落在岩石地上的,那里没有多少泥土,它立刻就发芽了,因为土不深; 当太阳升起,它被暴晒,就枯萎了,因为没有根。 另有落进荆棘丛里的,荆棘长起来把它挤住,它就结不出果实了。 可是另有落进好土壤里的,就发芽、生长,不断地结出果实,结出的有三十倍的、有六十倍的、有一百倍的。” 耶稣说:“凡是有耳可听的,就应当听!”

用比喻的原因

10 耶稣独自一人的时候,跟随他的人与十二使徒[c]一起问他这些比喻的意思。 11 耶稣对他们说:“神国的奥秘已经赐给你们了[d],但是对外人,一切都是用比喻的。 12 这是为要使

‘他们看了又看,却不明白,
听了又听,却不领悟,
免得他们回转过来,
[e]被赦免。’[f]

解明撒种的比喻

13 耶稣对他们说:“你们不明白这个比喻,又怎么能领会所有的比喻呢? 14 撒种的人所撒的是话语。 15 那被撒上话语的‘路边之地’是这样一些人:他们听了话语以后,撒旦就立刻来把那撒在他们心里[g]的话语夺走。 16 [h]那被撒上话语的‘岩石地’是这样一些人:他们一旦听了这话语,就立刻怀着喜乐的心接受了它; 17 可是他们里面没有根而不能持久,一旦为这话语受患难或逼迫,他们立刻就放弃[i]了。 18 那被撒进话语的‘荆棘丛’是另外一些人,那些人是这样的:他们听了这话语, 19 但今世的各种忧虑、财富的迷惑,以及其他各种欲望纷纷进来把这话语挤住了,他就成了不结果实的。 20 而那被撒上话语的‘好土壤’是这样的人:他们听了这话语就接受,并且结出果实来,有三十倍的,有六十倍的,也有一百倍的。”

油灯的比喻

21 耶稣又对他们说:“油灯拿进来,难道是为了放在斗[j]底下,或床底下吗?不是为了放在灯台上吗? 22 这样,就算是隐秘的事,也没有不显明出来的;即使是隐藏的事,也没有不显露出来的。 23 凡是有耳可听的,就应当听!” 24 耶稣又说:“你们要留心所听到的。你们用什么量器[k]来衡量,也会同样地被衡量,而且还将加添给你们[l] 25 因为凡是有的,还要赐给他;凡是没有的,连他有的也将从他那里被拿走。”

种子生长的比喻

26 耶稣又说:“神的国就像这样:有人在地上撒了种子, 27 黑夜白昼,或睡或起,他却不知道那种子怎样发芽和长大。 28 大地自然长出五谷[m]——先长苗,再吐穗,然后穗上结出饱满的子粒。 29 当果实成熟的时候,他立刻伸出镰刀,因为收割的季节到了。”

芥菜种的比喻

30 耶稣又说:“我们把神的国比做什么呢?用什么比喻来表明[n]它呢? 31 它好像一粒芥菜种子,被种入地里的时候,比地上所有的种子更小, 32 可是被种下去以后,它就长起来,长得比所有蔬菜更大,并且长出大枝子,以致天空的飞鸟能在它的荫下搭窝。”

使用比喻

33 耶稣照着他们所能听的,用许多这样的比喻,向他们讲道。 34 他向众人讲话,没有不用比喻的。可是,他却单独给自己的门徒们解释一切。

平静风浪

35 那天晚上,耶稣对门徒们说:“我们渡到对岸去吧。” 36 门徒离开众人,耶稣仍然在船上,他们就把他一同带去;也有别的船[o]与他同行。 37 这时候,起了大风暴,以致波浪打进船里,船几乎灌满了水。 38 耶稣却在船尾靠着枕头睡着了。门徒们叫醒他,说:“老师!我们没命了,你不管吗?”

39 耶稣就起来,斥责了风,对浪[p]说:“不许做声!平静下来!”于是风就停了,湖面就变得一片平静。 40 耶稣对门徒们说:“为什么胆怯呢?你们还没有信吗?”

41 门徒们就大为惊恐,彼此说:“这个人究竟是谁?连风和浪也听从他!”

Footnotes

  1. 马可福音 4:1 湖——原文直译“海”;指“加利利湖(海)”。
  2. 马可福音 4:4 有古抄本附“天空的”。
  3. 马可福音 4:10 使徒——辅助词语。
  4. 马可福音 4:11 赐给你们了——有古抄本作“赐下来让你们知道”。
  5. 马可福音 4:12 有古抄本附“罪”。
  6. 马可福音 4:12 《以赛亚书》6:9-10。
  7. 马可福音 4:15 在他们心里——有古抄本作“在他们里面”。
  8. 马可福音 4:16 有古抄本附“同样,”。
  9. 马可福音 4:17 放弃——原文直译“绊倒”。
  10. 马可福音 4:21 斗——指“一种度量谷物的量器”;容量约为9升。
  11. 马可福音 4:24 量器——或译作“尺度”或“标准”。
  12. 马可福音 4:24 你们——有古抄本作“你们这些正在听的人”。
  13. 马可福音 4:28 长出五谷——原文直译“结出果实”。
  14. 马可福音 4:30 表明——或译作“描述”;有古抄本作“比做”。
  15. 马可福音 4:36 船——有古抄本作“小船”。
  16. 马可福音 4:39 浪——或译作“湖”;原文直译“海”。

The Parable of the Sower

Again (A)he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, (B)so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And (C)he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: “Listen! Behold, (D)a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. And (E)when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, (F)it withered away. Other seed fell among (G)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and (H)a hundredfold.” And he said, (I)“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

The Purpose of the Parables

10 And (J)when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, (K)“To you has been given (L)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for (M)those outside everything is in parables, 12 (N)so that

“‘they (O)may indeed see but not perceive,
    and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they (P)should turn and be forgiven.’”

13 (Q)And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 (R)The sower sows (S)the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it (T)with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but (U)endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately (V)they fall away.[a] 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but (W)the cares of (X)the world and (Y)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and (Z)bear fruit, (AA)thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

A Lamp Under a Basket

21 (AB)And he said to them, (AC)“Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 (AD)For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. 23 (AE)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: (AF)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. 25 (AG)For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

The Parable of the Seed Growing

26 And he said, (AH)“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; (AI)he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once (AJ)he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 (AK)And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like (AL)a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

33 (AM)With many such parables he spoke (AN)the word to them, (AO)as they were able to hear it. 34 He did not speak to them (AP)without a parable, but (AQ)privately to his own disciples he (AR)explained everything.

Jesus Calms a Storm

35 (AS)On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves (AT)were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 39 And he awoke and (AU)rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and (AV)there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you (AW)so afraid? Have you still no faith?” 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, (AX)“Who then is this, that even (AY)the wind and the sea obey him?”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:17 Or stumble