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4:1  Again Yeshua began to teach by the sea. A large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the crowd was by the sea on the land.
4:2  He began teaching them many things by parables, and in His teaching, He said to them:
4:3  “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.
4:4  It happened that as he sowed, some fell beside the road; and the birds came and ate it up.
4:5  “Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it didn’t have much soil. It sprang up immediately, because the soil wasn’t deep.
4:6  But when the sun came up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
4:7  “Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
4:8  “And others fell into the good soil and were producing fruit, springing up and increasing. They yielded a crop, producing thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
4:9  And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
4:10  When Yeshua was alone, those around Him with the Twelve started asking Him about the parables.
4:11  And He told them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God. But for those who are outside, everything is in parables, so that
4:12  ‘Seeing, they may se and not perceive, and hearing, they may hear and not understand, so they may not turn back and be forgiven.’”
4:13  He said to them, “Don’t you grasp this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
4:14  The sower sows the word.
4:15  These are the ones beside the road where the word is sown. Whenever they hear, satan comes quickly and takes away the word that has been sown in them.
4:16  “These are the ones sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.
4:17  And they have no root in themselves but last only a short while. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
4:18  “And others are the ones sown among the thorns. They have heard the word;
4:19  but the worries of the world, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
4:20  “And those are the ones sown on the good soil. They hear the word and accept it and produce fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
4:21  He also was saying to them, “Is a lamp put under a basket or a bed? No, shouldn’t it be placed on a lampstand?
4:22  For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything kept secret except that it would come to light.
4:23  If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
4:24  Then He continued, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be added to you.
4:25  For whoever has, to him more will be given. And whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
4:26  And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like when a man spreads seed on the soil
4:27  and falls asleep at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows. He himself doesn’t know how.
4:28  Automatically, the earth brings forth a crop—first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
4:29  But when the grain is ready, at once he sends in the sickle, for the harvest has come.”
4:30  Yeshua also said, “How should we picture the kingdom of God? Or by what story shall we present it?
4:31  It is like a mustard seed when it’s planted in the ground. Though the smallest of all seeds in the earth,
4:32  yet when planted it grows up and becomes the largest of all the herbs. It puts forth big branches, so the birds of the air can nest in its shade.”
4:33  With many such parables He used to tell them the word, as much as they were able to hear.
4:34  But apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to them. Yet when they were alone, to His own disciples He would explain everything.
4:35  Now on that same day in the evening, He says to them, “Let’s cross over to the other side.”
4:36  After leaving the crowd, they take Him along in the boat, just as He was. And other boats were with Him.
4:37  A great windstorm arises, and the waves were rushing into the boat. The boat was beginning to fill up.
4:38  But Yeshua was in the back of the boat, sleeping on a pillow. They wake Him up and say to Him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are perishing?”
4:39  So He woke up and rebuked the wind. And He said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind stopped, and it became totally calm.
4:40  And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Even now you have no faith?”
4:41  They were struck with awe and said to one another, “Who is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!”