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Mark 4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Mark 4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Parable of the Sower
4 Again(A) He began to teach(B) by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea. 2 He taught them many things in parables,(C) and in His teaching(D) He said to them: 3 “Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.(E) 4 As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path,(F) and the birds came and ate(G) it up. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it sprang up right away,(H) since it didn’t have deep soil. 6 When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn’t have a root, it withered.(I) 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop. 8 Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased(J) 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”(K) 9 Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”(L)
Why Jesus Used Parables
10 When He was alone with the Twelve,(M) those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.(N) 11 He answered them, “The secret(O) of the kingdom of God(P) has been given to you, but to those outside,(Q) everything comes in parables 12 so that
they may look and look,
yet not perceive;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand;(R)
otherwise, they might turn back—
and be forgiven.”[a](S)[b]
The Parable of the Sower Explained
13 Then(T) He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable?(U) How then will you understand any of the parables? 14 The sower sows(V) the word.(W) 15 These[c] are the ones along the path(X) where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan(Y) comes and takes away the word(Z) sown in them.[d] 16 And these are[e] the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.(AA) 17 But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure(AB) or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.(AC) 18 Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the worries(AD) of this age,(AE) the seduction[f](AF) of wealth,(AG) and the desires(AH) for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.(AI) 20 But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word,(AJ) welcome it, and produce a crop:(AK) 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”
Using Your Light
21 He(AL) also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed?(AM) Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand?(AN) 22 For nothing is concealed except to be revealed,(AO) and nothing hidden except to come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!”(AP) 24 Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure(AQ) you use,[g](AR) it will be measured and added(AS) to you. 25 For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”(AT)
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 “The kingdom of God(AU) is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground; 27 he sleeps(AV) and rises(AW)—night(AX) and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil produces a crop(AY) by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain(AZ) on the head. 29 But as soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle,(BA) because the harvest(BB) has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 And(BC) He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God,(BD) or what parable(BE) can we use to describe it? 31 It’s like a mustard seed(BF) that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground. 32 And when sown,(BG) it comes up and grows taller than all the vegetables,(BH) and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky(BI) can nest in its shade.”
Using Parables
33 He would speak the word(BJ) to them with many parables(BK) like these, as they were able to understand.(BL) 34 And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.(BM)
Wind and Wave Obey the Master
35 On(BN) that day, when evening had come, He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.” 36 So they left the crowd and took Him along since He was already in the boat. And other boats were with Him. 37 A fierce windstorm(BO) arose, and the waves(BP) were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But He was in the stern, sleeping(BQ) on the cushion. So they woke Him up(BR) and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”(BS)
39 He got up, rebuked(BT) the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence!(BU) Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 Then He said to them, “Why are you fearful?(BV) Do you still have no faith?”
41 And they were terrified(BW) and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey(BX) Him!”(BY)
马可福音 4
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
马可福音 4
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
撒种的比喻
4 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。 2 耶稣用比喻教导他们很多事，在教导时对他们说： 3 “你们当听好：看哪，有一个撒种的出去撒种。 4 他撒的时候，有的种子落在路边，[b]飞鸟来了，就把它吃掉了。 5 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； 6 当太阳升起，它被暴晒，就枯萎了，因为没有根。 7 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。 8 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。” 9 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
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
- 马可福音 4:1 湖——原文直译“海”；指“加利利湖（海）”。
- 马可福音 4:4 有古抄本附“天空的”。
- 马可福音 4:10 使徒——辅助词语。
- 马可福音 4:11 赐给你们了——有古抄本作“赐下来让你们知道”。
- 马可福音 4:12 有古抄本附“罪”。
- 马可福音 4:12 《以赛亚书》6:9-10。
- 马可福音 4:15 在他们心里——有古抄本作“在他们里面”。
- 马可福音 4:16 有古抄本附“同样，”。
- 马可福音 4:17 放弃——原文直译“绊倒”。
- 马可福音 4:21 斗——指“一种度量谷物的量器”；容量约为9升。
- 马可福音 4:24 量器——或译作“尺度”或“标准”。
- 马可福音 4:24 你们——有古抄本作“你们这些正在听的人”。
- 马可福音 4:28 长出五谷——原文直译“结出果实”。
- 马可福音 4:30 表明——或译作“描述”；有古抄本作“比做”。
- 马可福音 4:36 船——有古抄本作“小船”。
- 马可福音 4:39 浪——或译作“湖”；原文直译“海”。
Mark 4
New International Version
Mark 4
New International Version
The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)
4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables,(D) and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(E) 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”(F)
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(G)
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(H) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(I) everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”(J)
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word.(K) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan(L) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth(M) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
A Lamp on a Stand
21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?(N) 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.(O) 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”(P)
24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(Q) 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(R)
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(S) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”(T)
The Parable of the Mustard Seed(U)
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,(V) or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(W) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(X) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Jesus Calms the Storm(Y)
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.(Z) There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”(AA)
41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Footnotes
- Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10
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