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Mark 4:35-41
JESUS AUTHORITY OVER NATURE - Feb 14, 2022 -
Mark 4:21-34
PARABLES OF GOD'S KINGDOM - Feb 13, 2022 -
Mark 4:1-20
SEED SOWN ON GOOD SOIL - Feb 12, 2022 -
Mark 4:13-20
THE PARABLE EXPLAINED - Jan 01, 2000 -
Mark 4:21-25
A LAMP ON A STAND - Jan 01, 2000 -
Mark 4:26-34
PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM - Jan 01, 2000 -
Mark 4:35-41
JESUS CALMS THE STORM - Jan 01, 2000
JESUS TAUGHT IN PARABLES
Passage:
Mark 4:1-12
Key verse: 11
NIV
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,
Footnotes
- Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10
Cross references
- Mark 4:1 : 4:1-12pp — Mt 13:1-15; Lk 8:4-10
- Mark 4:1 : 4:13-20pp — Mt 13:18-23; Lk 8:11-15
- Mark 4:1 : Mk 2:13; 3:7
- Mark 4:2 : ver 11; Mk 3:23
- Mark 4:3 : ver 26
- Mark 4:8 : Jn 15:5; Col 1:6
- Mark 4:9 : ver 23; S Mt 11:15
- Mark 4:11 : S Mt 3:2
- Mark 4:11 : 1Co 5:12, 13; Col 4:5; 1Th 4:12; 1Ti 3:7
- Mark 4:12 : Isa 6:9, 10; S Mt 13:13-15
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ESV
The Parable of the Sower
4 Again (A)he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, (B)so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 And (C)he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3 “Listen! Behold, (D)a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6 And (E)when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, (F)it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among (G)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and (H)a hundredfold.” 9 And he said, (I)“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
The Purpose of the Parables
10 And (J)when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, (K)“To you has been given (L)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for (M)those outside everything is in parables, 12 (N)so that
“‘they (O)may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they (P)should turn and be forgiven.’”
Cross references
- Mark 4:1 : For ver. 1-12, see Matt. 13:1-15; Luke 8:4-10
- Mark 4:1 : [ch. 3:9; Luke 5:1-3]
- Mark 4:2 : ver. 33
- Mark 4:3 : [Isa. 55:10; Amos 9:13]
- Mark 4:6 : James 1:11
- Mark 4:6 : John 15:6
- Mark 4:7 : Jer. 4:3
- Mark 4:8 : ver. 20; Gen. 26:12
- Mark 4:9 : See Matt. 11:15
- Mark 4:10 : ver. 34
- Mark 4:11 : Matt. 19:11; Col. 1:27; [1 Cor. 2:6-10; 1 John 2:20, 27]; See Matt. 11:25
- Mark 4:11 : See Rom. 16:25
- Mark 4:11 : 1 Cor. 5:12, 13; Col. 4:5; 1 Thess. 4:12; 1 Tim. 3:7
- Mark 4:12 : Isa. 6:9, 10
- Mark 4:12 : Deut. 29:4; Jer. 5:21; Ezek. 12:2; Rom. 11:8; 2 Cor. 3:14; 4:4; [Isa. 42:19, 20]
- Mark 4:12 : See Luke 22:32
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1. A farmer went out to sow (1-8)
Jesus was like a farmer who sows seed. The crowd was like a field with all kinds of soil. The crowd stood on the shore, while Jesus used a small boat as a pulpit. In the parable, the seed scattered by the farmer fell on four kinds of soil. Three kinds proved unfruitful--the path was too hard, the rocky soil too shallow, the thorns too profuse. Only the seed sown on the good soil produced an abundant harvest.
2. The secret of the kingdom of God (9-12)
Most people enjoyed listening to Jesus' parables, but they did not really understand them. The Twelve were different from the crowd. They really wanted to learn, so they came and asked. To them was given the secrets of the kingdom of God. They were good soil. They had a commitment to follow Jesus and to obey him. Those without such a commitment cannot know the secrets of the kingdom of God.
Prayer: Lord, I want to follow you. Teach me the secrets of the kingdom of God.
One Word: He who has ears, let him hear
