Mark 4:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

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  • Ps 29:10 : 10 The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.
  • Ps 107:29 : 29 He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.
  • Ps 89:9 : 9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
  • Job 38:11 : 11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
  • Ps 65:7 : 7 Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.
  • Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry. 4 The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.
  • Ps 104:7-9 : 7 At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear; 8 The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them. 9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
  • Luke 4:39 : 39 He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.
  • Lam 3:31 : 31 For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
  • Exod 14:16 : 16 And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.
  • Exod 14:22 : 22 And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
  • Exod 14:28-29 : 28 And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen. 29 But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
  • Mark 9:25 : 25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

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    23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

    24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

    25 And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

    26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

    27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

  • Luke 8:22-25
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    22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

    23 But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

    24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

    25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

  • Mark 4:40-41
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    40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

    41 And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

  • Mark 4:35-38
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    35 And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

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    37 And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

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    29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

    30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

    31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

    32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

    33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

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