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Themes in Mark 4
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Themes in Mark 4

Mark 4:1

Again 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.

Mark 4:2

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

Mark 4:3

“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Mark 4:4

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

Mark 4:5

Other 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.

Mark 4:6

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

Mark 4:7

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

Mark 4:8

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

Mark 4:9

Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

Mark 4:10

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

Mark 4:11

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

Mark 4:12

so 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.”

Mark 4:13

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

Mark 4:14

The sower sows the word.

Mark 4:15

These 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.

Mark 4:16

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

Mark 4:17

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

Mark 4:18

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

Mark 4:19

but 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.

Mark 4:20

But 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.”

Mark 4:21

He 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?

Mark 4:22

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

Mark 4:23

If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!”

Mark 4:24

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

Mark 4:25

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.”

Mark 4:26

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

Mark 4:27

he sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.

Mark 4:28

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

Mark 4:29

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

Mark 4:30

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

Mark 4:31

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

Mark 4:32

And 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.”

Mark 4:33

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

Mark 4:34

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

Mark 4:35

On that day, when evening had come, He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.”

Mark 4:36

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

Mark 4:37

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

Mark 4:38

But 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?”

Mark 4:39

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

Mark 4:40

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

Mark 4:41

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