Mark 4
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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.
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

Hearken.

Mark 4:9,23 And he said to them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear…

Mark 7:14,16 And when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Listen …

Deuteronomy 4:1 Now therefore listen, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, …

Psalm 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psalm 45:10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also …

Proverbs 7:24 Listen to me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore listen to me, O you children: for blessed are they …

Isaiah 46:3,12 Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house …

Isaiah 55:1,2 Ho, every one that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has …

Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and …

Hebrews 2:1-3 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which …

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this …

Revelation 2:7,11,29 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; …

there.

Mark 4:14,26-29 The sower sows the word…

Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your …

Isaiah 28:23-26 Give you ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech…

Matthew 13:3,24,26 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower …

Luke 8:5-8 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the …

John 4:35-38 Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, …

1 Corinthians 3:6-9 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase…

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.
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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.
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
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:
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.

That seeing. Rather, as [hina] frequently denotes, 'So that seeing they see, and do not perceive, and hearing they hear, and do not understand,' etc. The expression appears to be proverbial; and relates to those who might see what they now overlook through inattention and folly. See the parallel texts.

Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the LORD has not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to …

Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand …

Isaiah 44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that …

Jeremiah 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which …

Matthew 13:14,15 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which said, By hearing …

Luke 8:10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom …

John 12:37-41 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed …

Acts 28:25-27 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that …

Romans 11:8-10 (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, …

be converted.

Jeremiah 31:18-20 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised …

Ezekiel 18:27-32 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he …

Acts 3:19 Repent you therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out…

2 Timothy 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure …

Hebrews 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing …

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
The sower soweth the word.
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

these. See on ver.

Mark 4:4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and …

Genesis 19:14 And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law, which married his …

Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Matthew 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, …

Luke 8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil, and …

Luke 14:18,19 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said …

Acts 17:18-20,32 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, …

Acts 18:14-17 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the …

Acts 25:19,20 But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, …

Acts 26:31,32 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, …

Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which …

Hebrews 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for …

Satan.

Job 1:6-12 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves …

Zechariah 3:1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel …

Matthew 13:19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, …

Acts 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to …

2 Corinthians 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant …

2 Corinthians 4:3,4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost…

2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power …

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring …

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, …

Revelation 20:2,3,7,10 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, …

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

have.

Mark 4:5,6 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately …

Job 19:28 But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the …

Job 27:8-10 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when …

Matthew 12:31 Why I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men…

Luke 12:10 And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be …

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue …

John 15:2-7 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every …

2 Timothy 1:15 This you know, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from …

2 Timothy 2:17,18 And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus…

2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is …

1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been …

when.

Matthew 11:6 And blessed is he, whoever shall not be offended in me.

Matthew 13:21 Yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while: for when …

Matthew 24:9,10 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: …

1 Corinthians 10:12,13 Why let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall…

Galatians 6:12 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain …

1 Thessalonians 3:3-5 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves …

2 Timothy 4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: …

Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, …

Revelation 2:10,13 Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil …

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

the cares.

Luke 10:41 And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are careful …

Luke 12:17-21,29,30 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I …

Luke 14:18-20 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said …

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged …

Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication …

2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is …

the deceitfulness.

Proverbs 23:5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? for riches certainly …

Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither …

Ecclesiastes 5:10-16 He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that …

1 Timothy 6:9,10,17 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and …

and the lusts.

1 Peter 4:2,3 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to …

1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If …

unfruitful.

Isaiah 5:2,4 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted …

Matthew 3:10 And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every …

John 15:2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every …

Hebrews 6:7,8 For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft on it, and …

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound…

Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, …

And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

like.

Matthew 13:31-33 Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven …

Luke 13:18,19 Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall …

mustard seed. Mustard, [sinapi,] is a well-known plant of the tetradynamia siliquosa class, distinguished by its yellow cruciform flowers, with expanding calyx, and its pods smooth, square, and close to the stem. Its seed was probably the smallest known to the Jews; and though its ordinary height does not exceed four feet, yet a species grows to the height of from three to five cubits, with a tapering, ligneous stalk, and spreading branches.

is less than.

Genesis 22:17,18 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply …

Psalm 72:16-19 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth on the top of the …

Isaiah 2:2,3 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of …

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, …

Isaiah 49:6,7 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to …

Isaiah 53:2,12 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root …

Isaiah 54:1-3 Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, …

Isaiah 60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: …

Ezekiel 17:22-24 Thus said the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of …

Daniel 2:34,35,44,45 You saw till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote …

Amos 9:11-15 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, …

Micah 4:1,2 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of …

Zechariah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall …

Zechariah 8:20-23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there …

Zechariah 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and …

Zechariah 14:6-9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be …

Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same …

Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same …

Acts 4:4 However, many of them which heard the word believed; and the number …

Acts 5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of …

Acts 19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

Acts 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, …

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…

Revelation 20:1-6 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless …

But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

in the.

John 4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his …

Hebrews 2:17 Why in all things it behooved him to be made like to his brothers…

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling …

and they.

1 Kings 18:27-29 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry …

Job 8:5,6 If you would seek to God betimes, and make your supplication to the Almighty…

Psalm 44:23,24 Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever…

Isaiah 51:9,10 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the …

Matthew 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

Luke 8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. …

carest.

Psalm 10:1,2 Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble…

Psalm 22:1,2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from …

Psalm 77:7-10 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more…

Isaiah 40:27,28 Why say you, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from the …

Isaiah 49:14-16 But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me…

Isaiah 54:6-8 For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, …

Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness …

Isaiah 64:12 Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold …

Lamentations 3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.

1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care on him; for he cares for you.

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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