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CHAP. IV.
1 The parable of the sower, 14 and the meaning thereof. 21 We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others. 26 The parable of the seede growing secretly, 30 and of the Mustard seede. 35 Christ stilleth the tempest on the Sea.
1 And he beganne againe to teach by the Sea side: and there was gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that he entred into a ship, and sate in the Sea: and the whole multitude was by the Sea on the land.1
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken, Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
6 But when the Sunne was vp, it was scorched, and because it had no roote, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thornes, and the thornes grew vp, and choked it, and it yeelded no fruite.
9 And he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
10 And when hee was alone, they that were about him, with the twelue, asked of him the parable.
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceiue, and hearing they may heare, and not vnderstand, lest at any time they should be conuerted, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.12
13 And he said vnto them, Know ye not this parable? And how then will you know all parables?
14 ¶ The Sower soweth the word.
18 And these are they which are sowen among thorns: such as heare the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulnesse of riches, and the lusts of other things entring in, choke the word, and it becommeth vnfruitfull.19
21 ¶ And he said vnto them, Is a candle brought to be put vnder a bushell, or vnder a bed? & not to be set on a candlesticke?21
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested: neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.22
23 If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.
24 And he said vnto them, Take heed what you heare: With what measure ye mete, it shalbe measured to you: And vnto you that heare, shal more be giuen.24
25 For he that hath, to him shall be giuen: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken, euen that which he hath.25
26 ¶ And he said, So is the kingdome of God, as if a man should cast seede into the ground,
29 But when the fruite is brought foorth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the haruest is come.29
30 ¶ And he said, Wherunto shal we liken the kingdome of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?30
33 And with many such parables spake hee the word vnto them, as they were able to heare it.33
35 And the same day, when the Euen was come, he saith vnto them, Let vs passe ouer vnto the other side.35
37 And there arose a great storme of wind, and the waues beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
40 And he said vnto them, Why are ye so fearefull? How is it that you haue no faith?
View Wesley's Notes for Mark Chapter 4
4:1 #Mt 13:1|; Lu 8:4.
4:2 He taught them many things by parables - After the usual manner of the eastern nations, to make his instructions more agreeable to them, and to impress them the more upon attentive hearers. A parable signifies not only a simile or comparison, and sometimes a proverb, but any kind of instructive speech, wherein spiritual things are explained and illustrated by natural, #Prov 1:6|. To understand a proverb and the interpretation - The proverb is the literal sense, the interpretation is the spiritual resting in the literal sense killeth, but the spiritual giveth life.
4:3 Hearken - This word he probably spoke with a loud voice, to stop the noise and hurry of the people.
4:10 When he was alone - That is, retired apart from the multitude.
4:11 To them that are without - So the Jews termed the heathens: so our Lord terms all obstinate unbelievers: for they shall not enter into his kingdom: they shall abide in outer darkness.
4:12 So that seeing they see and do not perceive - They would not see before now they could not, God having given them up to the blindness which they had chosen.
4:13 Know ye not this parable? - Which is as it were the foundation of all those that I shall speak hereafter; and is so easy to be understood?
4:19 The desire of other things choke the word - A deep and important truth! The desire of any thing, otherwise than as it leads to happiness in God, directly tends to barrenness of soul. Entering in - Where they were not before. Let him therefore who has received and retained the word, see that no other desire then enter in, such as perhaps till then he never knew. It becometh unfruitful - After the fruit had grown almost to perfection.
4:21 And he said, Is a candle - As if he had said, I explain these things to you, I give you this light, not to conceal, but to impart it to others. And if I conceal any thing from you now, it is only that it may be more effectually manifested hereafter. #Mt 5:15|; Lu 8:16; 11:33.
4:22 #Mt 10:26|; Lu 8:17.
4:24 Take heed what ye hear - That is, attend to what you hear, that it may have its due influence upon you. With what measure you mete - That is, according to the improvement you make of what you have heard, still farther assistance shall be given. And to you that hear - That is, with improvement.
4:25 He that hath - That improves whatever he has received, to the good of others, as well as of his own soul. #Mt 13:12|; Lu 8:18.
4:26 So is the kingdom of God - The inward kingdom is like seed which a man casts into the ground - This a preacher of the Gospel casts into the heart. And he sleeps and rises night and day - That is, he has it continually in his thoughts. Meantime it springs and grows up he knows not how - Even he that sowed it cannot explain how it grows. For as the earth by a curious kind of mechanism, which the greatest philosophers cannot comprehend, does as it were spontaneously bring forth first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear: so the soul, in an inexplicable manner, brings forth, first weak graces, then stronger, then full holiness: and all this of itself, as a machine, whose spring of motion is within itself. Yet observe the amazing exactness of the comparison. The earth brings forth no corn (as the soul no holiness) without both the care and toil of man, and the benign influence of heaven.
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4:33 He spake the word as they were able to hear it - Adapting it to the capacity of his hearers; and speaking as plain as he could without offending them. A rule never to be forgotten by those who instruct others.
4:35 #Mt 8:23|; Lu 8:22.
4:36 They take him as he was in the vessel - They carried him immediately in the same vessel from which he had been preaching to the people.
4:38 On the pillow - So we translate it, for want of a proper English expression, for that particular part of the vessel near the rudder, on which he lay.
4:39 Peace - Cease thy tossing: Be still - Cease thy roaring; literally, Be thou gagged.
Mark Chapter 4 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 Matth.13.1.
12 Matth.13.14.
19 1.Tim.6.17.
21 Matth.5.15. , The word, in the originall, signifieth a lesse measure as Mat. 5.15.
22 Matth.10.26.
24 Matth.7.2.
25 Matth.13.12.
29 Or, ripe.
30 Matth.13.31.
33 Matth.13.34.
35 Matth.8.23.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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