Mark 4:1 Cross References - Thomson

¹ And when he began to teach again by the sea side, so great a multitude gathered about him, that he went on board the small vessel, and sat at sea, and all the multitude were on the sea shore.

¹ And on the same day, Jesus having gone out of the house, sat down by the sea side; ² but such great multitudes flocked to him that he went on board the vessel and sat down, and all the multitude stood on the shore, ³ and he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold the sower went out to sow; ⁴ and as he was sowing, some grains fell on the highway and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵ And others fell on rocky ground, where they had little earth; these sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of soil; ⁶ but soon as the sun arose they were scorched; and for want of root withered away: ⁷ and some fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choaked them. ⁸ And some fell on good ground and yielded increase; some an hundred; some, sixty; and some, thirty fold. ⁹ Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ Then the disciples accosted him, saying, Why speakest thou to them in parables? ¹¹ And he in reply said to them, To you it hath been granted to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens; but to them it hath not been granted. ¹² For to him who improveth, more shall be given and he shall abound: but from him who improveth not, even that which he hath shall be taken. ¹³ To them I speak in parables for this reason, because they overlook what they see, and are inattentive to what they hear; and they do not understand, ¹⁴ and in them is fulfilled this prophesy of Esaias, which saith, "Hearing you shall hear, though you may not understand, and seeing you shall see, though you may not perceive; ¹⁵ for the heart of this people is callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, that for a while they may not see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return that I may heal them."

¹³ And he went out again to the sea side, and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

⁷ Again 'Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, and from Judea,

¹ And it came to pass when the people were pressing upon him to hear the word of God, as he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, ² he saw two boats by the edge of the lake, and the fishermen, having gone out of them, were washing their nets. ³ So, going on board one of them, which belonged to Simon, he desired him to put off a little from the land. And sitting down, he taught the people from the vessel.

⁴ And as a great multitude were coming together, and those in every city were flocking to him, he said by way of parable, ⁵ The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some fell on the highway and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. ⁶ And some fell on rocky ground, and having sprung up, it withered for want of moisture. ⁷ And some fell among thorns, and the thorns springing up with it, choaked it. ⁸ And some fell on good ground, and sprang up and yielded increase an hundred fold. Having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Whosoever hath ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹ And when his disciples asked him, saying, What is the meaning of this parable, ¹⁰ he said, To you it is granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, which to others are couched under parables, so that they see and do not see, and they hear and do not understand.