vw Mark:4:1-20
vw@Mark:4:1 @ And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea.
vw@Mark:4:2 @ And He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:
vw@Mark:4:3 @ Listen. Behold, a sower went out to sow.
vw@Mark:4:4 @ And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
vw@Mark:4:5 @ Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.
vw@Mark:4:6 @ But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.
vw@Mark:4:7 @ And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
vw@Mark:4:8 @ But other seed fell on good ground and yielded fruit that sprang up, increased and produced: one thirtyfold, one sixty, and one a hundred.
vw@Mark:4:9 @ And He said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
vw@Mark:4:10 @ And when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
vw@Mark:4:11 @ And He said to them, To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things are in parables,
vw@Mark:4:12 @ so that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they should convert, and their sins be forgiven them.
vw@Mark:4:13 @ And He said to them, Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all parables?
vw@Mark:4:14 @ The sower sows the Word.
vw@Mark:4:15 @ And these are the ones by the wayside where the Word is sown: When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that was sown in their hearts.
vw@Mark:4:16 @ These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the Word, immediately receive it with joy;
vw@Mark:4:17 @ and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises on account of the Word, immediately they stumble.
vw@Mark:4:18 @ And these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the Word,
vw@Mark:4:19 @ and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things entering in choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.
vw@Mark:4:20 @ But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the Word, receive it, and bear fruit: one thirtyfold, one sixty, and one a hundred.