Mark 4-5

Mark 4

¹And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.

²And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,

³Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

⁴And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.

⁵And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;

⁶and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.

⁷And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

⁹And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁰And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him as to the parables.

¹¹And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,

¹²that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.

¹³And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?

¹⁴The sower sows the word:

¹⁵and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

¹⁶And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

¹⁷and they have no root in themselves, but are for a time: then, tribulation arising, or persecution on account of the word, immediately they are offended.

¹⁸And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word,

¹⁹and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

²⁰And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred fold.

²¹And he said to them, Does the lamp come that it should be put under the bushel or under the couch? Is it not that it should be set upon the lamp-stand?

²²For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest; nor does any secret thing take place, but that it should come to light.

²³If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁴And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you; and there shall be more added to you.

²⁵For whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

²⁶And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,

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

²⁸The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

²⁹But when the fruit is produced, immediately he sends the sickle, for the harvest is come.

³⁰And he said, How should we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison should we compare it?

³¹As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

³²and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.

³³And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,

³⁴but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

³⁵And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them, Let us go over to the other side:

³⁶and having sent away the crowd, they take him with them, as he was, in the ship. But other ships also were with him.

³⁷And there comes a violent gust of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it already filled.

³⁸And *he* was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him up and say to him, Teacher, dost thou not care that we are perishing?

³⁹And awaking up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Silence; be mute. And the wind fell, and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰And he said to them, Why are ye thus fearful? how is it ye have not faith?

⁴¹And they feared with great fear, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

Mark 5

¹And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.

²And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit,

³who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

⁴because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

⁵And continually night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones.

⁶But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage,

⁷and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

⁸For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man.

⁹And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

¹⁰And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

¹¹Now there was there just at the mountain a great herd of swine feeding;

¹²and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.

¹³And Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep slope, into the sea (about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.

¹⁴And those that were feeding them fled and reported it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had taken place.

¹⁵And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid.

¹⁶And they that had seen it related to them how it had happened to the man possessed by demons, and concerning the swine.

¹⁷And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.

¹⁸And as he went on board ship, the man that had been possessed by demons besought him that he might be with him.

¹⁹And he suffered him not, but says to him, Go to thine home to thine own people, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee.

²⁰And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.

²¹And Jesus having passed over in the ship again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

²²And behold there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;

²³and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; I pray that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.

²⁴And he went with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed on him.

²⁵And a certain woman who had had a flux of blood twelve years,

²⁶and had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent everything she had and had found no advantage from it, but had rather got worse,

²⁷having heard concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his clothes;

²⁸for she said, If I shall touch but his clothes I shall be healed.

²⁹And immediately her fountain of blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was cured from the scourge.

³⁰And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the power that had gone out of him, turning round in the crowd said, Who has touched my clothes?

³¹And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd pressing on thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

³²And he looked round about to see her who had done this.

³³But the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had taken place in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

³⁴And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith has healed thee; go in peace, and be well of thy scourge.

³⁵While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, Thy daughter has died, why troublest thou the teacher any further?

³⁶But Jesus immediately, having heard the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not; only believe.

³⁷And he suffered no one to accompany him save Peter and James, and John the brother of James.

³⁸And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and people weeping and wailing greatly.

³⁹And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.

⁴⁰And they derided him. But he, having put them all out, takes with him the father of the child, and the mother, and those that were with him, and enters in where the child was lying.

⁴¹And having laid hold of the hand of the child, he says to her, Talitha koumi, which is, interpreted, Damsel, I say to thee, Arise.

⁴²And immediately the damsel arose and walked, for she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with great astonishment.

⁴³And he charged them much that no one should know this; and he desired that something should be given her to eat.