4:1 Again
he
began
to
teach
beside
the
sea.
And
a
very
large
crowd
gathered
about
him,
so
that
he
got
into
a
boat
and
sat
in
it
on
the
sea,
and
the
whole
crowd
was
beside
the
sea
on
the
land.
4:2 And
he
was
teaching
them
many
things
in
parables,
and
in
his
teaching
he
said
to
them:
4:3 "Listen!
A
sower
went
out
to
sow.
4:4 And
as
he
sowed,
some
seed
fell
along
the
path,
and
the
birds
came
and
devoured
it.
4:5 Other
seed
fell
on
rocky
ground,
where
it
did
not
have
much
soil,
and
immediately
it
sprang
up,
since
it
had
no
depth
of
soil.
4:6 And
when
the
sun
rose,
it
was
scorched,
and
since
it
had
no
root,
it
withered
away.
4:7 Other
seed
fell
among
thorns,
and
the
thorns
grew
up
and
choked
it,
and
it
yielded
no
grain.
4:8 And
other
seeds
fell
into
good
soil
and
produced
grain,
growing
up
and
increasing
and
yielding
thirtyfold
and
sixtyfold
and
a
hundredfold."
4:9 And
he
said,
"He
who
has
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear."
4:10 And
when
he
was
alone,
those
around
him
with
the
twelve
asked
him
about
the
parables.
4:11 And
he
said
to
them,
"To
you
has
been
given
the
secret
of
the
kingdom
of
God,
but
for
those
outside
everything
is
in
parables,
4:12 so
that
"they
may
indeed
see
but
not
perceive,
and
may
indeed
hear
but
not
understand,
lest
they
should
turn
and
be
forgiven."
4:13 And
he
said
to
them,
"Do
you
not
understand
this
parable
How
then
will
you
understand
all
the
parables
4:14 The
sower
sows
the
word.
4:15 And
these
are
the
ones
along
the
path,
where
the
word
is
sown:
when
they
hear,
Satan
immediately
comes
and
takes
away
the
word
that
is
sown
in
them.
4:16 And
these
are
the
ones
sown
on
rocky
ground:
the
ones
who,
when
they
hear
the
word,
immediately
receive
it
with
joy.
4:17 And
they
have
no
root
in
themselves,
but
endure
for
a
while;
then,
when
tribulation
or
persecution
arises
on
account
of
the
word,
immediately
they
fall
away.
4:18 And
others
are
the
ones
sown
among
thorns.
They
are
those
who
hear
the
word,
4:19 but
the
cares
of
the
world
and
the
deceitfulness
of
riches
and
the
desires
for
other
things
enter
in
and
choke
the
word,
and
it
proves
unfruitful.
4:20 But
those
that
were
sown
on
the
good
soil
are
the
ones
who
hear
the
word
and
accept
it
and
bear
fruit,
thirtyfold
and
sixtyfold
and
a
hundredfold."
4:21 And
he
said
to
them,
"Is
a
lamp
brought
in
to
be
put
under
a
basket,
or
under
a
bed,
and
not
on
a
stand
4:22 For
nothing
is
hidden
except
to
be
made
manifest;
nor
is
anything
secret
except
to
come
to
light.
4:23 If
anyone
has
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear."
4:24 And
he
said
to
them,
"Pay
attention
to
what
you
hear:
with
the
measure
you
use,
it
will
be
measured
to
you,
and
still
more
will
be
added
to
you.
4:25 For
to
the
one
who
has,
more
will
be
given,
and
from
the
one
who
has
not,
even
what
he
has
will
be
taken
away."
4:26 And
he
said,
"The
kingdom
of
God
is
as
if
a
man
should
scatter
seed
on
the
ground.
4:27 He
sleeps
and
rises
night
and
day,
and
the
seed
sprouts
and
grows;
he
knows
not
how.
4:28 The
earth
produces
by
itself,
first
the
blade,
then
the
ear,
then
the
full
grain
in
the
ear.
4:29 But
when
the
grain
is
ripe,
at
once
he
puts
in
the
sickle,
because
the
harvest
has
come."
4:30 And
he
said,
"With
what
can
we
compare
the
kingdom
of
God,
or
what
parable
shall
we
use
for
it
4:31 It
is
like
a
grain
of
mustard
seed,
which,
when
sown
on
the
ground,
is
the
smallest
of
all
the
seeds
on
earth,
4:32 yet
when
it
is
sown
it
grows
up
and
becomes
larger
than
all
the
garden
plants
and
puts
out
large
branches,
so
that
the
birds
of
the
air
can
make
nests
in
its
shade."
4:33 With
many
such
parables
he
spoke
the
word
to
them,
as
they
were
able
to
hear
it.
4:34 He
did
not
speak
to
them
without
a
parable,
but
privately
to
his
own
disciples
he
explained
everything.
4:35 On
that
day,
when
evening
had
come,
he
said
to
them,
"Let
us
go
across
to
the
other
side."
4:36 And
leaving
the
crowd,
they
took
him
with
them
in
the
boat,
just
as
he
was.
And
other
boats
were
with
him.
4:37 And
a
great
windstorm
arose,
and
the
waves
were
breaking
into
the
boat,
so
that
the
boat
was
already
filling.
4:38 But
he
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"
4:39 And
he
awoke
and
rebuked
the
wind
and
said
to
the
sea,
"Peace!
Be
still!"
And
the
wind
ceased,
and
there
was
a
great
calm.
4:40 He
said
to
them,
"Why
are
you
so
afraid
Have
you
still
no
faith"
4:41 And
they
were
filled
with
great
fear
and
said
to
one
another,
"Who
then
is
this,
that
even
the
wind
and
the
sea
obey
him"