• Mark 4:1

    And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

  • Mark 4:2

    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

  • Mark 4:3

    Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

  • Mark 4:4

    And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

  • Mark 4:5

    And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

  • Mark 4:6

    But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

  • Mark 4:7

    And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

  • Mark 4:8

    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

  • Mark 4:9

    And he said unto them,He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Mark 4:10

    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

  • Mark 4:11

    And he said unto them,Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

  • Mark 4:12

    That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

  • Mark 4:13

    And he said unto them,Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

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