[영성 성경] Mark chapter 4

Mk. 4:1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that

gathered round him was so large that he got into a boat and

sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the

shore at the water’s edge.

Mk. 4:2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching

said:

Mk. 4:3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Mk. 4:4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and

the birds came and ate it up.

Mk. 4:5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It

sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

Mk. 4:6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and

they withered because they had no root.

Mk. 4:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the

plants, so that they did not bear grain.

Mk. 4:8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and

produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred

times.”

Mk. 4:9 Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mk. 4:10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him

asked him about the parables.

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Mk. 4:11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been

given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in

parables

Mk. 4:12 so that, “`they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and

ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might

turn and be forgiven!’“ [Isaiah 6:9,10]

Mk. 4:13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable?

How then will you understand any parable?

Mk. 4:14 The farmer sows the word.

Mk. 4:15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is

sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away

the word that was sown in them.

Mk. 4:16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at

once receive it with joy.

Mk. 4:17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When

trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they

quickly fall away.

Mk. 4:18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;

Mk. 4:19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the

desires for other things come in and choke the word, making

it unfruitful.

Mk. 4:20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it,

and produce a crop — thirty, sixty or even a hundred times

what was sown.”

Mk. 4:21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a

bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?

Mk. 4:22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and

whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the

open.

Mk. 4:23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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Mk. 4:24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the

measure you use, it will be measured to you — and even

more.

Mk. 4:25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have,

even what he has will be taken from him.”

Mk. 4:26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A

man scatters seed on the ground.

Mk. 4:27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts

and grows, though he does not know how.

Mk. 4:28 All by itself the soil produces corn — first the stalk, then the

ear, then the full grain in the ear.

Mk. 4:29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because

the harvest has come.”

Mk. 4:30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is

like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?

Mk. 4:31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant

in the ground.

Mk. 4:32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all

garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air

can perch in its shade.”

Mk. 4:33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as

much as they could understand.

Mk. 4:34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But

when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained

everything.

Mk. 4:35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us

go over to the other side.”

Mk. 4:36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he

was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.

Mk. 4:37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat,

so that it was nearly swamped.

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Mk. 4:38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples

woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we

drown?”

Mk. 4:39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet!

Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely

calm.

Mk. 4:40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still

have no faith?”

Mk. 4:41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even

the wind and the waves obey him!”