Mark 4:1-9

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Jesus Teaches The Multitudes In Parables

4 And again He began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd is gathered-together with Him so that He, having gotten into a boat, sits-down in the sea [to teach]. And all the multitude were near^[a] the sea on the land. ² And He was teaching them many things in parables.

The Sower’s Seed Falls On Different Kinds of Soil. Only The Good Soil Produces Fruit

And He was saying to them in His teaching, ³ “Listen! Behold— the one sowing went out to sow. ⁴ And it came about during the sowing that some seed fell along the road. And the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ And other^[b] seed fell on the rocky^[c] place where it was not having much soil. And immediately it sprang-up because of not having a depth of soil. ⁶ And when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because of not having a root, it was dried-up. ⁷ And other seed fell into the thorns. And the thorns came-up and choked it, and it did not give fruit. ⁸ And others^[d] fell into the good soil, and were giving fruit while coming up and growing. And they were bearing thirty fold^[e] and sixty fold and a hundred fold”. ⁹ And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear”.