Mark 4:5

4:5 Other seed fell on rocky ground ¹  where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. ² 

Mark 4:31

4:31 It is like a mustard seed ³  that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground –

Mark 6:53

Healing the Sick

6:53 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret ⁴  and anchored there.

Mark 13:31

13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ⁵ 

Mark 4:26

The Parable of the Growing Seed

4:26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

Mark 4:28

4:28 By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

Mark 6:47

6:47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.

Mark 15:33

Jesus’ Death

15:33 Now ⁶  when it was noon, ⁷  darkness came over the whole land ⁸  until three in the afternoon. ⁹ 

Mark 2:10

2:10 But so that you may know ¹⁰  that the Son of Man ¹¹  has authority on earth to forgive sins,” – he said to the paralytic ¹²  –

Mark 9:3

9:3 and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.

Mark 9:20

9:20 So they brought the boy ¹³  to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He ¹⁴  fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

Mark 13:27

13:27 Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. ¹⁵ 

Mark 14:35

14:35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

Mark 4:1

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 ¹⁶  the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

Mark 4:8

4:8 But ¹⁷  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.”

Mark 4:20

4:20 But ¹⁸  these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

Mark 8:6

8:6 Then ¹⁹  he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So ²⁰  they served the crowd.

[4:5]  ¹ sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.

[4:5]  ² tn Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

[4:31]  ³ sn Mustard seeds are known for their tiny size.

[6:53]  ⁵ sn Gennesaret was a fertile plain south of Capernaum (see also Matt 14:34). This name was also sometimes used for the Sea of Galilee (Luke 5:1).

[13:31]  ⁷ sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself! For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

[15:33]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[15:33]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “When the sixth hour had come.”

[15:33]  ¹¹ sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.

[15:33]  ¹² tn Grk “until the ninth hour.”

[2:10]  ¹¹ sn Now Jesus put the two actions together. The walking of the man would be proof (so that you may know) that his sins were forgiven and that God had worked through Jesus (i.e., the Son of Man).

[2:10]  ¹² sn The term Son of Man, which is a title in Greek, comes from a pictorial description in Dan 7:13 of one “like a son of man” (i.e., a human being). It is Jesus’ favorite way to refer to himself. Jesus did not reveal the background of the term here, which mixes human and divine imagery as the man in Daniel rides a cloud, something only God does. He just used it. It also could be an idiom in Aramaic meaning either “some person” or “me.” So there is a little ambiguity in its use here, since its origin is not clear at this point. However, the action makes it clear that Jesus used it to refer to himself here.

[2:10]  ¹³ sn Jesus did not finish his sentence with words but with action, that is, healing the paralytic with an accompanying pronouncement to him directly.

[9:20]  ¹³ tn Grk “him.”

[9:20]  ¹⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[13:27]  ¹⁵ tn Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[4:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “and all the crowd.” The clause in this phrase, although coordinate in terms of grammar, is logically subordinate to the previous clause.

[4:8]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the final stage of the parable.

[4:20]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:6]  ²³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:6]  ²⁴ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.