Mark 4:2-9 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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2 And he taught them many thinges by parables, and sayde vnto them in his doctrine. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
3 Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe: “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 And it fortuned as he sowed, that some fell by the way syde, and the fowles of the ayre came, and deuoured it vp. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 Some fell on stonie grounde, where it had not muche earth: and immediatly sprange vp, because it had not deapth of earth. 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. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
6 But assoone as the sonne was vp, it caught heate: and because it hadde not roote, it wythered away. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
7 And some fell among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it gaue no fruite. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.
8 And some fell vpon good grounde, and dyd yelde fruite, that sprang vp, and grewe, and brought foorth, some thirtie folde, and some sixtie folde, and some an hundred folde. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
9 And he saide vnto them: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare. And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
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