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Text -- Mark 4:1-16 (NET)
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The Parable of the Sower
4:1 Again 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 .
4:2 He taught them many things in parables , and in his teaching 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 . It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep .
4:6 When the sun came up it was scorched , and because it did not have sufficient root , it withered .
4:7 Other seed fell among the thorns , and they grew up and choked it , and it did not produce grain .
4:8 But 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 .”
4:9 And he said , “Whoever has ears to hear had better listen !”
The Purpose of Parables
4:10 When he was alone , those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables .
4:11 He said to them , “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you . But to those outside , everything is in parables ,
4:12 so 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 .”
4:13 He said to them , “Don’t you understand this parable ? Then how will you understand any parable ?
4:14 The sower sows the word .
4:15 These 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 .
4:16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground : As soon as they hear the word , they receive it with joy .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Sermon |
Minister |
Word of God |
Sower |
Apostasy |
Perseverance |
PARABLE |
Blindness |
Instability |
Backsliders |
Wicked |
Character |
Satan |
Salvation |
Quotations and Allusions |
CONVERSION |
BIRDS |
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