Mark 4:26-41 ▼

26 And He was saying, “Thus is The kingdom of God: as a man may cast the seed upon the earth,

27 and may sleep and rise night and day, and the seed may sprout and grow—he does not know how.

28 Of itself, the earth bears fruit—first a plant, then an ear, then full grain in the ear.

29 And when the fruit may offer itself, immediately he sends the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

30 And He was saying, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or in what parable shall we put it?

31 It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it may be sown upon the earth, is smallest of all the seeds that are upon the earth.

32 And when it may be sown, it comes up and becomes greater than all the garden plants and makes great branches, so that under its shadow the birds of the sky are able to lodge.”

33 And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear.

34 And without a parable He was not speaking to them; but in private to His own disciples He was explaining all things.

35 And on that day, evening having come, He says to them, “Let us pass over to the other side.”

36 And having dismissed the crowd, they take Him along just as He was, in the boat; and other boats were with Him.

37 And there comes a great storm of wind, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so as already to be filling the boat.

38 And He was in the stern on the cushion, sleeping. And they awaken Him and say to Him, “Teacher, is it no concern to You that we are perishing?”

39 And having been awoken, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” And the wind abated, and there was a great calm.

40 And He said to them, “Why are you? cowardly? Have you? still no faith?”

41 And they feared with great fear, and they were saying to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”