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Mark 4
Christian Standard Bible
Mark 4
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 by the sea on the shore. 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, some seed fell along the path,(F) and the birds came and devoured(G) it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly,(H) since the soil wasn’t deep. 6 When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.(I) 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce fruit. 8 Still other seed fell on good ground and it grew up, producing fruit that increased(J) thirty, sixty, and a hundred times.”(K) 9 Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”(L)
Why Jesus Used Parables
10 When he was alone, those around him with the Twelve(M) 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 indeed look,
and yet not perceive;
they may indeed listen,
and yet not understand;(R)
otherwise, they might turn back
and be forgiven.”[a][b] (S)
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 all of the parables? 14 The sower sows(V) the word.(W) 15 Some are like the word sown on the path.(X) When they hear, immediately Satan(Y) comes and takes away the word(Z) sown in them.[c] 16 And others are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.(AA) 17 But they have no root; they are short-lived. When distress(AB) or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.(AC) 18 Others are like seed sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the worries(AD) of this age,(AE) the deceitfulness[d](AF) of wealth,(AG) and the desires(AH) for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.(AI) 20 And those like seed sown on good ground hear the word,(AJ) welcome it, and produce fruit(AK) thirty, sixty, and a hundred 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 there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed,(AO) and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”(AP) 24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure(AQ) you use,(AR) it will be measured to you—and more will be added(AS) to you. 25 For whoever has, more will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”(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; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil produces a crop(AY) by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain(AZ) on the head. 29 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, “With what can we compare 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 upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground. 32 And when sown,(BG) it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants,(BH) and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky(BI) can nest in its shade.”
Using Parables
33 He was speaking the word(BJ) to them with many parables(BK) like these, as they were able to understand.(BL) 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, he explained everything to his own disciples.(BM)
Wind and Waves Obey Jesus
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 in the boat. And other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm(BO) arose, and the waves(BP) were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 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 afraid?(BV) Do you still have no faith?”
41 And they were terrified[e](BW) and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey(BX) him!” (BY)
Marcos 4
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Marcos 4
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Ang Sambingay bahin sa Tigsabwag
(Mat. 13:1-9; Luc. 8:4-8)
4 Nagtudlo pag-usab si Jesus sa daplin sa linaw. Daghan kaayong mga tawo ang nagtigom sa iyang palibot. Busa misakay siya sa sakayan nga nagpundo didto ug milingkod. Ug ang mga tawo nagpabilin sa daplin sa linaw. 2 Daghan ang iyang gitudlo kanila pinaagi sa mga sambingay. 3 Miingon siya, “Pamati kamo! May usa ka mag-uuma nga nagsabwag ug binhi. 4 Nasabwag ang uban nga binhi sa daplin sa dalan, ug gituka kini sa mga langgam. 5 Ang uban nasabwag sa kabatoan. May gamay nga yuta didto, busa dali ra nga miturok ang binhi. 6 Apan nalawos kini sa dihang nainitan sa adlaw, ug namatay ra dayon tungod kay wala kini makagamot. 7 Ang uban nga binhi nasabwag ug mitubo sa yuta nga may tunokon nga mga sagbot, apan sa paglabong sa mga sagbot natabonan kini, busa wala makapamunga. 8 Ang uban usab nga binhi nasabwag sa maayo nga yuta, ug kini mitubo ug namunga. Ang uban igo-igo lang ang bunga, ang uban daghan, ug ang uban daghan kaayo.[a]” 9 Miingon pa gayod si Jesus kanila, “Kamo nga nagapaminaw, kinahanglan sabton gayod ninyo kining inyong nadungog.”
Ang Katuyoan sa mga Sambingay
(Mat. 13:10-17; Luc. 8:9-10)
10 Pagpamauli sa mga tawo, ang dose ka apostoles ug ang uban pa nga nagauban kang Jesus nangutana kaniya kon unsa ang kahulogan niadtong sambingay. 11 Miingon si Jesus kanila, “Ang mga tinago mahitungod sa paghari sa Dios gisulti kaninyo sa klaro, apan sa uban nga mga tawo ang tanan nga butang mahitungod sa paghari sa Dios gisulti pinaagi sa mga sambingay, 12 aron matuman ang gi-ingon sa kasulatan nga,
‘Magpadayon ang ilang pagtan-aw apan dili sila makakita,
ug magpadayon usab ang ilang pagpaminaw apan dili usab sila makasabot,
kay kon makasabot sila, maghinulsol sila ug pasayloon sila sa Dios.’ ”[b]
Gisaysay ni Jesus ang Sambingay bahin sa Tigsabwag
(Mat. 13:18-23; Luc. 8:11-15)
13 Unya nangutana si Jesus kanila, “Wala ba diay kamo makasabot niadto nga sambingay? Kon mao kana, unsaon ninyo pagkasabot sa uban pa nakong mga sambingay? 14 Ang kahulogan sa akong sambingay mao kini: ang gisabwag sa mag-uuma mao ang pulong sa Dios. 15 Ang mga binhi nga nasabwag sa dalan mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadunggan sa mga tawo, apan miabot usab dayon si Satanas ug giilog niya ang pulong sa Dios nga gisabwag diha sa ilang mga kasingkasing. 16 Ang mga binhi nga nasabwag sa kabatoan nga gamay lang ug yuta mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadunggan sa mga tawo ug diha-diha gidawat nila nga malipayon. 17 Apan kini dili kinasingkasing, busa wala molungtad ang ilang pagtuo. Sa pag-abot sa kalisod o paglutos tungod sa ilang pagdawat sa pulong sa Dios mibiya sila sa ilang pagtuo. 18 Ang mga binhi nga nasabwag didto sa mga sagbot nga tunokon mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadunggan sa mga tawo, 19 apan tungod sa mga kabalaka sa panginabuhi ug pagpaningkamot nga makaangkon ug bahandi, ug tungod sa sobra nga pagtinguha sa uban pa nga mga kabtangan, nalimtan nila ang pulong sa Dios nga ilang nadunggan ug wala kini namunga sa ilang kinabuhi. 20 Apan ang mga binhi nga nasabwag sa maayo nga yuta mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadungog sa mga tawo ug gidawat nila sa kinasingkasing ug namunga sa ilang kinabuhi. Ang uban igo-igo lang ang bunga, ang uban daghan, ug ang uban daghan kaayo.[c]”
Ang Sambingay bahin sa Suga
(Luc. 8:16-18)
21 Human niadto mipadayon sa pagsulti si Jesus kanila, “Kon ang tawo magdagkot ug suga, dili niya kini takloban ug gantangan o kaha ibutang sa ilalom sa katre, kondili ibutang hinuon niya kini sa tungtonganan. 22 Mao kana nga wala gayoy tinago nga dili mogawas sa kaulahian, ug walay tinagoan mahitungod sa paghari sa Dios nga dili mabutyag. 23 Kamo nga nagapaminaw, kinahanglan sabton gayod ninyo kining inyong nadungog.” 24 Miingon pa gayod siya, “Paminaw kamo pag-ayo kanako. Mohatag ang Dios kaninyo ug pagsabot sumala sa inyong pagpaminaw, ug iya pa gani kining dugangan. 25 Kay ang tawo nga may pagsabot sa kamatuoran hatagan pa gayod. Apan ang tawo nga walay pagsabot sa kamatuoran, bisan ang gamay nga iyang nasabtan kuhaon pa kaniya.”
Ang Sambingay bahin sa Binhi nga Nagtubo
26 Miingon pa gayod si Jesus, “Ang paghari sa Dios sama sa tawo nga nagsabwag ug binhi diha sa iyang uma. 27 Samtang nagpadayon siya sa iyang buluhaton matag adlaw ug sa iyang pagkatulog matag gabii, ang mga binhi nga iyang gisabwag nagatubo bisan wala niya mahibaloi kon sa unsang pamaagi. 28 Ang yuta mao ang mopatubo ug mopabunga sa mga tanom: una ang dahon, sunod ang uhay, ug ang ulahi ang timgas nga bunga. 29 Ug kon hinog na, anihon sa tag-iya kay anihonon na man.”
Ang Sambingay bahin sa Binhi sa Mustasa
(Mat. 13:31-32, 34; Luc. 13:18-19)
30 Nangutana si Jesus kanila, “Sa unsa nato ikatandi ang paghari sa Dios? Unsa nga sambingay ang atong gamiton aron nga masaysay kini?” Miingon siya, 31 “Sama kini sa binhi sa mustasa.[d] Labing gamay kini sa tanan nga binhi, 32 apan kon matanom na, motubo ug molabaw pa sa tanang mga utanon nga bisan ang mga langgam makahimo sa pagsalag diha sa iyang labong nga mga sanga.”
33 Daghan pa nga mga sambingay nga sama niini ang gigamit ni Jesus sa iyang pagpanudlo sa mga tawo, sumala lang sa ilang masabtan. 34 Wala siya mosulti sa mga tawo nga dili pinaagi sa sambingay, apan gipasabot niya kining tanan sa iyang mga tinun-an kon sila na lang.
Gipahunong ni Jesus ang Bagyo
(Mat. 8:23-27; Luc. 8:22-25)
35 Sa pagkagabii na, miingon si Jesus sa iyang mga tinun-an, “Dali, motabok kita.” 36 Busa gibiyaan sa iyang mga tinun-an ang daghang mga tawo nga nagtigom, ug misakay sila didto sa sakayan nga gisakyan ni Jesus. May mga sakayan usab didto nga midungan kanila. 37 Ug sa nagalawig na sila, kalit lang mihuros ang kusog nga hangin. Sige ang hapak sa dagkong mga balod, ug hapit na mapuno sa tubig ang sakayan. 38 Apan si Jesus didto sa ulin[e] sa sakayan natulog nga nagaunlan. Gipukaw nila siya. Miingon sila, “Magtutudlo, wala ka ba mabalaka nga malunod na kita?” 39 Busa mibangon siya ug gimandoan niya ang hangin ug ang mga balod, “Hunong!” Ug mihunong ang hangin ug milinaw ang dagat. 40 Ug miingon si Jesus kanila, “Nganong nangahadlok man kamo? Wala pa ba kamoy pagtuo kanako?” 41 Nahadlok gayod sila pag-ayo ug miingon sa usag usa, “Kinsa gayod kaha kining tawhana, nga bisan ang hangin ug ang mga balod motuman man kaniya?”
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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