Mark 4 HCSB NIV Parallel

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1Again He began to teach 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.

1Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. 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.

2He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them:

2He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:

3"Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

3"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

5Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn't have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn't have deep soil.

5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

6When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn't have a root, it withered.

6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn't produce a crop.

7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.

8Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown."

8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times."

9Then He said, "Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!"

9Then Jesus said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

10When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.

10When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.

11He answered them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

11He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables

12so that they may look and look, yet not perceive; they may listen and listen, yet not understand; otherwise, they might turn back-- and be forgiven."

12so that, "'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!'"

13Then He said to them: "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?

13Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

14The sower sows the word.

14The farmer sows the word.

15These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.

15Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

16And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

17But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.

17But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

18Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,

18Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;

19but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.

20But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown."

20Others, 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."

21He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it to be put on a lampstand?

21He 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?

22For nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light.

22For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.

23If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!"

23If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear."

24Then He said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured and added to you.

24"Consider carefully what you hear," he continued. "With the measure you use, it will be measured to you--and even more.

25For 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."

25Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them."

26"The kingdom of God is like this," He said. "A man scatters seed on the ground;

26He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.

27he sleeps and rises--night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows--he doesn't know how.

27Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

28The soil produces a crop by itself--first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

28All by itself the soil produces grain--first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

29But as soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come."

29As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."

30And He said: "How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

30Again he said, "What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?

31It's like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.

32And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the vegetables, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade."

32Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade."

33He would speak the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.

33With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.

34And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.

34He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

35On that day, when evening had come, He told them, "Let's cross over to the other side of the sea."

35That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side."

36So they left the crowd and took Him along since He was already in the boat. And other boats were with Him.

36Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.

37A fierce windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.

37A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.

38But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, "Teacher! Don't You care that we're going to die?"

38Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"

39He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Silence! Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

40Then He said to them, "Why are you fearful? Do you still have no faith?"

40He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"

41And they were terrified and asked one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!"

41They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"

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