\subsection{Mark 4}
\subsubsection{Parable of the Sower}
\VS{1} And again he began to be teaching by the sea. 
And [an] exceedingly great crowd was gathered to him, 
so that having embarked he was sitting in [a] boat in the sea, 
and the crowd was on the land facing the sea. 
\VS{2} And he was teaching them many [things] in parables, 
and he was saying to them in his teaching: 
\VS{3} Be listening: Behold the [one] sowing came out to sow. 
\VS{4} And it came to pass while sowing some fell beside the road, 
and the birds came and devoured it. 
\VS{5} And other [seed] fell upon the rocky [places], 
where it was not having much soil\fnGe{}, 
and immediately it sprang up because it was not having depth of spol. 
\VS{6} And when the sun rose it was burned up, 
and because it was not having root it was withered. 
\VS{7} And other [seed] fell into thorns, 
and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. 
\VS{8} And others fell into the good soil\fnGe{} 
and coming up and growing it was giving fruit 
and it was bearing to thirty[fold] and within sixty and within hundred[fold]. 
\VS{9} And he was saying: He who has ears to be hearing, let him be hearing\fnImperative{}. 

\subsubsection{The Purpose of Parables}
\VS{10} And when he came to be alone, 
those around him with the twelve were asking him with regard to the parables. 
\VS{11} And he was saying to them: 
To you the mystery of the Kingdom of God has been given, 
to those outside all things come\footnote{or ``are given'' } in parables, 
\VS{12} in order that\footnote{Isa.6:9-10}

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Looking they look and may not see \\
And hearing they hear and may not understand \\
Lest ever they turn around and he forgive them.
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\VS{13} And he says to them: You do not know this parable, 
how also will you know all the parables? 
\VS{14} The sower sows the word\fnLogos{}. 
\VS{15} But these are those beside the road, where the word\fnLogos{} is sown, and when they hear, 
immediately \Satan comes and takes the word\fnLogos{} having been sown in them. 
\VS{16} And these being sown upon the rocky [places] are likewise, 
which when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy. 
\VS{17} And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary, 
then [when] tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, 
they stumble. 
\VS{18} And these are those being sown into the thorns, these are those having heard the word, 
\VS{19} and [when] the cares of the age and the deceitfulness of wealth 
and the lusts for the rest enter, they choke the word, and it becomes fruitless. 
\VS{20} And these are those having been sown upon the good soil\fnGe{}, 
which hear the word and receive [it] and bear fruit in thirty and in sixty and in a hundred. 

\subsubsection{The Parable of the Lamp}
\VS{21} And he says to them that: 
Does [a] lamp come in order that it be placed under the bushel or under the bed? 
Is it not in order that it be placed upon the lampstand? 
\VS{22} For is anything hidden if not in order that it be revealed? 
\VS{23} If anyone has ears to be hearing, let him be hearing\fnImperative{}. 
\VS{24} And he says to them: Be watching\fnImperative what you are hearing. 
With what measure you measure it shall be measured to you, and shall be put to you. 
\VS{25} For whoever has, it shall be given to him, 
and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away.

\subsubsection{The Parable of the Growing Seed} 
\VS{26} And he was saying: 
The Kingdom of God is thus: as [a] person\fnAnthropos{} throws the seed upon the earth\fnGe{} 
\VS{27} and he sleeps and gets up night and day, the seed sprouts and grows when he did not know it. 
\VS{28} By itself the land bears fruit, first grass, then [an] ear, then full grain on the ear. 
\VS{29} When the fruit permits, immediately he sends the sickle because the harvest has come.

\subsubsection{The Parable of the Mustard Seed} 
\VS{30} And he was saying: 
How shall I liken the Kingdom of God? 
Or by means of what shall I set it forth in [a] parable? 
\VS{31} As with [a] grain of mustard, which when sown upon the ground, 
being smaller than all the seeds upon the ground, 
\VS{32} and when sown, it comes up and becomes [the] greater of all the herbs, 
and it produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to be dwelling under its shadow. 

\subsubsection{The Use of Parables}
\VS{33} And he was speaking to them the word with many such parables, 
just as they were able to be hearing, 
\VS{34} but without parables he was not speaking to them, 
but privately he was explaining everything to his own disciples. 

\subsubsection{Stilling of a Storm}
\VS{35} And he says to them in that day, evening having come: 
Go through to the other side. 
\VS{36} And the crowd having departed they took him with them as he was in the boat, 
and another boat was with him. 
\VS{37} And there comes [a] great hurricane of wind, 
and the waves were casting into the boat, so that already the boat was being filled. 
\VS{38} And he himself was in the stern upon the cushion sleeping. 
And they rouse him and say to him: 
Teacher, is it of no concern to you that we are perishing? 
\VS{39} And having been awakened he rebuked the wind and said to the sea: 
Be still, be silent. 
And the wind ceased, and there came [a] great calm. 
\VS{40} And he said to them: 
Are you such cowards in this manner? 
How do you have no trust\fnPistis{}? 
\VS{41} And they were afraid with [a] great fear, 
and were saying to one another: 
Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
