Mark 4:1-9

Revised Geneva Translation

4 And He began again to teach by the seaside. And there gathered to Him a great multitude. So that He entered into a ship and sat in the sea. And all the people were by the seaside, on the land.

² And He taught them many things in parables, and said to them in His doctrine,

³ “Hear now. Behold, there went out a sower to sow.

⁴ “And it happened that, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside. And the birds of the heaven came and devoured it up.

⁵ “And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth. And it quickly sprang up, because it had not depth of earth.

⁶ “But as soon as the Sun was up, it was burnt up. And because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷ “And some fell among the thorns. And the thorns grew up and choked it, so that it gave no fruit.

⁸ “Some again fell in good ground, and did yield fruit, that sprang up and grew. And it brought forth - some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.”

⁹ Then He said to them, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”