Mark 4:1-12 ▼

1 And again He began to teach by the sea: and a great multitude is gathered unto Him, so that He having gone into a ship, sat on the sea; and the whole multitude was at the sea on the land.

2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,

3 Hear: Behold, a sower went out to sow:

4 and it came to pass while he was sowing, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured it.

5 And other fell upon stones, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

6 and when the sun arose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

7 And other fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up, and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

8 And other fell in good ground, and springing up and growing, gave fruit, and produced, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

9 And He said, Let the one having ears to hear, hear.

10 And when they were alone, and those around Him along with the twelve asked Him the parable.

11 And He said to them, To you it has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them who are without, all things are in parables:

12 in order that seeing they may see, and not know; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they may turn, and their sins may he forgiven unto them.