Mark 4:30-40

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

The Kingdom of God Is Like a Mustard Seed. It Starts Small And Grows Large

³⁰ And He was saying, “How should we liken the kingdom of God, or with what parable may we present it?— ³¹ as a seed of a mustard-plant, which when it is sown upon the soil is being smaller than all^[a] the seeds upon the soil. ³² And when it is sown, it goes-up and becomes larger than all the garden-plants. And it makes large branches so that the birds of the heaven are able to be nesting under the shade of it”.

Jesus Spoke To The Crowd In Parables And Explained Everything To His Disciples

³³ And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear it. ³⁴ And He was not speaking to them apart from a parable. But He was explaining^[b] everything privately to His own disciples.

Jesus Calms The Wind And Sea. The Disciples Say, Who Is This Man?

³⁵ And on that day, having become evening, He says to them, “Let us go to the other side”. ³⁶ And having left the crowd, they take Him along as He was^[c], in the boat. And other boats were with Him. ³⁷ And a great storm of wind takes place. And the waves were throwing-over into the boat so that the boat was already being filled. ³⁸ And He was in the stern on the cushion, sleeping. And they wake Him and say to Him, “Teacher, do You not care^[d] that we are perishing?” ³⁹ And having awakened, He rebuked the wind, and said to the sea “Be still, be silenced^[e]”. And the wind stopped. And there was a great calm. ⁴⁰ And He said to them, “Why are you afraid^[f]? Do you not yet have faith?”