Mark 4:18-41 ▼

18 And they that are sowe amoge the thornes are soche as heare ye worde:

19 and ye care of this worlde and ye disseytfulnes of ryches and the lustes of other thinges entre in and choocke ye worde and it is made vnfrutfull.

20 And those that weare sowe in good grounde are they that heare the worde and receave it and bringe forth frute some thirty folde some sixty folde some an hundred folde.

21 And he sayde vnto them: is ye candle lighted to be put vnder a busshell or vnder ye table and not rather to be put on a cadelstick?

22 For there is nothinge so prevy that shall not be opened: nether so secreet but that it shall come abroade.

23 Yf eny man have eares to heare let him heare.

24 And he sayde vnto them: take hede what ye heare. With what measure ye mete with the same shall it be measured vnto you agayne. And vnto you that heare shall more be geve.

25 For vnto him yt hath shall it be geven: and from him that hath not shalbe taken awaye even that he hath.

26 And he sayde: so is the kyngdome of God even as yf a man shuld sowe seed in ye groude

27 and shulde slepe and ryse vp night and daye: and the seede shuld springe and growe vp he not ware.

28 For ye erth bringeth forthe frute of her silfe: fyrst the blade then the eares after that full corne in the eares.

29 And as sone as the frute is brought forth anone he throusteth in ye sykell because the hervest is come.

30 And he sayde: where vnto shall we lyke the kyngdome of God? or with what copareson shall we copare it?

31 It is lyke a grayne of mustard seed which when it is sowe in the erth is the leest of all seedes that be in the erth:

32 but after that it is sowen it groweth vp and is greatest of all yerbes: and bereth greate brauches so that ye fowles of the ayre maye dwell vnder the shadowe of it.

33 And with many soche similitudes he preached the worde vnto the after as they myght heare it.

34 And with out similitude spake he no thinge vnto them. But when they were aparte he expounded all thinges to his disciples.

35 And the same daye when even was come he sayde vnto them: let vs passe over vnto the other syde.

36 And they lefte the people and toke him even as he was in the shyp. And ther were also with him other shippes.

37 And ther arose a great storme of wynde and dasshed ye waves into the ship so that it was full.

38 And he was in the sterne a slepe on a pelowe. And they awoke him and sayde to him: Master carest thou not yt we perisshe?

39 And he rose vp and rebuked the wynde and sayde vnto the see: peace and be still. And the winde alayed and ther folowed a greate calme.

40 And he sayde vnto them: why are ye so fearfull? How is it that ye have no fayth?

41 And they feared excedingly and sayde one to another: what felowe is this? For booth winde and see obey him.