Parable of the Soils
Mark 4:1-9
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Published March 29th, 2022; Updated August 1st, 2022
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Jesus was by the sea, and a large crowd gathered, and He taught them many things in parables. The first parable recorded is about a sower who sows seed. Some falls on the road, some on the rocky ground, some among thorns and some into good soil. Only the seed in the good soil yields a crop.
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Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν.
a He began to teach again b by the sea.
Und er fing abermals an zu lehren am Meere.
καὶ ⸀ συνάγεται πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος ⸀ πλεῖστος,
And such a very large crowd gathered to Him
Und es versammelte sich eine große Volksmenge bei ihm,
ὥστε αὐτὸν ⸂ εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα ⸃ καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ,
that c He got into a boat in the sea and sat down;
so daß er in das Schiff stieg und auf dem Meere sich darin niedersetzte;
καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ⸀ ἦσαν.
and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
und alles Volk war am Meer auf dem Lande.
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καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς πολλά
And He was teaching them many things in a parables,
Und er lehrte sie vieles in Gleichnissen
καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ·
and was saying to them in His teaching,
und sagte zu ihnen in seiner Lehre:
Ἀκούετε.
“Listen to this!
Höret zu!
ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ⸀ σπείρων σπεῖραι.
Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Siehe, der Sämann ging aus, zu säen.
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ σπείρειν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν,
as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road,
Und es begab sich, indem er säte, daß etliches an den Weg fiel;
καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ
and the birds came
und die Vögel des Himmels kamen
καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτό.
and ate it up.
und fraßen es auf.
⸂ καὶ ἄλλο ⸃ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες ⸀ ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν,
Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil;
Anderes aber fiel auf steinigen Boden, wo es nicht viel Erde hatte;
καὶ ⸀ εὐθὺς ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς·
and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
und es ging alsbald auf, weil es nicht tiefe Erde hatte.
⸂ καὶ ὅτε ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος ⸃ ⸀ ἐκαυματίσθη
And after the sun had risen, it was scorched;
Als aber die Sonne aufging, wurde es verbrannt;
καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη.
and because it had no root, it withered away.
und weil es nicht Wurzel hatte, verdorrte es.
καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας,
Other seed fell among the thorns,
Und anderes fiel unter die Dornen;
καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι
and the thorns came up
und die Dornen wuchsen auf
καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό,
and choked it,
und erstickten es,
καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν.
and it yielded no crop.
und es gab keine Frucht.
καὶ ⸀ ἄλλα ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν καλήν,
Other seeds fell into the good soil,
Und anderes fiel auf gutes Erdreich
καὶ ἐδίδου καρπὸν ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ ⸀ αὐξανόμενα,
and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop
und brachte Frucht, die aufwuchs und zunahm;
καὶ ἔφερεν ⸂ ἓν τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓν ⸃ ἑκατόν.
and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
und etliches trug dreißigfältig, etliches sechzigfältig und etliches hundertfältig.
καὶ ἔλεγεν·
And He was saying,
Und er sprach zu ihnen:
⸂ Ὃς ἔχει ⸃ ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
“ a He who has ears to hear, 1 let him hear.”
Wer Ohren hat zu hören, der höre!
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He began to teach again by the sea.
And such a very large crowd gathered to Him
that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down;
and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
Parable of the Sower
And He was teaching them many things in parables,
and was saying to them in His teaching,
“Listen to this!
Behold, the sower went out to sow;
By the Road
as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road,
and the birds came
and ate it up.
On the Rocky Ground
Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil;
and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
And after the sun had risen, it was scorched;
and because it had no root, it withered away.
Among the Thorns
Other seed fell among the thorns,
and the thorns came up
and choked it,
and it yielded no crop.
Into the Good Soil
Other seeds fell into the good soil,
and as they grew up and increased,
they yielded a crop
and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
And He was saying,
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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Mark 4:1-9
Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν.
He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
Und er fing abermals an zu lehren am Meere. Und es versammelte sich eine große Volksmenge bei ihm, so daß er in das Schiff stieg und auf dem Meere sich darin niedersetzte; und alles Volk war am Meer auf dem Lande.
καὶ συνάγεται πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πλεῖστος,
ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ,
καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦσαν.
καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς πολλά
And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
Und er lehrte sie vieles in Gleichnissen und sagte zu ihnen in seiner Lehre:
καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ·
Ἀκούετε.
“Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Höret zu! Siehe, der Sämann ging aus, zu säen.
ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων σπεῖραι.
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ σπείρειν
as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
Und es begab sich, indem er säte, daß etliches an den Weg fiel; und die Vögel des Himmels kamen und fraßen es auf.
ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν,
καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ
καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτό.
καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν,
Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
Anderes aber fiel auf steinigen Boden, wo es nicht viel Erde hatte; und es ging alsbald auf, weil es nicht tiefe Erde hatte.
καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς·
καὶ ὅτε ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος
And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Als aber die Sonne aufging, wurde es verbrannt; und weil es nicht Wurzel hatte, verdorrte es.
ἐκαυματίσθη
καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη.
καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας,
Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
Und anderes fiel unter die Dornen; und die Dornen wuchsen auf und erstickten es, und es gab keine Frucht.
καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι
καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό,
καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν.
καὶ ἄλλα ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν καλήν,
Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
Und anderes fiel auf gutes Erdreich und brachte Frucht, die aufwuchs und zunahm; und etliches trug dreißigfältig, etliches sechzigfältig und etliches hundertfältig.
καὶ ἐδίδου καρπὸν ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ αὐξανόμενα,
καὶ ἔφερεν ἓν τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑκατόν.
καὶ ἔλεγεν·
And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Und er sprach zu ihnen: Wer Ohren hat zu hören, der höre!
Ὃς ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν
ἀκουέτω.
Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. καὶ συνάγεται πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πλεῖστος, ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦσαν.
καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς πολλά καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ·
Ἀκούετε. ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων σπεῖραι.
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ σπείρειν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτό.
καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν, καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς·
καὶ ὅτε ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος ἐκαυματίσθη καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη.
καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό, καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν.
καὶ ἄλλα ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν καλήν, καὶ ἐδίδου καρπὸν ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ αὐξανόμενα, καὶ ἔφερεν ἓν τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑκατόν.
καὶ ἔλεγεν· Ὃς ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο κατὰ μόνας, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν σὺν τοῖς δώδεκα τὰς παραβολάς.
καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· Ὑμῖν τὸ μυστήριον δέδοται τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐκείνοις δὲ τοῖς ἔξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὰ πάντα γίνεται,
ἵνα βλέποντες βλέπωσι καὶ μὴ ἴδωσιν, καὶ ἀκούοντες ἀκούωσι καὶ μὴ συνιῶσιν, μήποτε ἐπιστρέψωσιν καὶ ἀφεθῇ αὐτοῖς.
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ἤρξατο
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ὄχλος
πᾶς
ἦσαν
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πρὸς
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κατέφαγεν
αὐτό
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ἄλλο
ἔπεσεν
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ἔχειν
μὴ
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γῆς
ἐκαυματίσθη
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ἔχειν
μὴ
ῥίζαν
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ὁ
ἥλιος
ἀνέτειλεν
ὅτε
καὶ
καὶ
ἄλλο
ἔπεσεν
εἰς
τὰς
ἀκάνθας
ἄκανθαι
αἱ
ἀνέβησαν
συνέπνιξαν
αὐτό
καὶ
ἔδωκεν
οὐκ
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καὶ
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ἔπεσεν
ἐδίδου
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τὴν
γῆν
τὴν
καλήν
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