New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
1He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. | 1Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake. |
2And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, | 2He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them: |
3"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; | 3"Listen! A sower went out to sow. |
4as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. | 4And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. |
5"Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. | 5Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. |
6"And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. | 6When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered. |
7"Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. | 7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain. |
8"Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." | 8But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times." |
9And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." | 9And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!" |
10As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. | 10When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. |
11And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, | 11He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables, |
12so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN." | 12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven." |
13And He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? | 13He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable? |
14"The sower sows the word. | 14The sower sows the word. |
15"These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them. | 15These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them. |
16"In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; | 16These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy. |
17and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away. | 17But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away. |
18"And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, | 18Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word, |
19but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. | 19but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing. |
20"And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." | 20But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred." |
21And He was saying to them, "A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand? | 21He also said to them, "A lamp isn't brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn't it to be placed on a lampstand? |
22"For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light. | 22For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light. |
23"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." | 23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!" |
24And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides. | 24And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you. |
25"For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him." | 25For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him." |
26And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; | 26He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground. |
27and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows-- how, he himself does not know. | 27He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. |
28"The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. | 28By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. |
29"But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." | 29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come." |
30And He said, "How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? | 30He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it? |
31"It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, | 31It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground-- |
32yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE." | 32when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade." |
33With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it; | 33So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear. |
34and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples. | 34He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples. |
35On that day, when evening came, He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side." | 35On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake." |
36Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. | 36So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him. |
37And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. | 37Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped. |
38Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?" | 38But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?" |
39And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. | 39So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm. |
40And He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?" | 40And he said to them, "Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?" |
41They became very much afraid and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?" | 41They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!" |
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