Mark 4:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Parable of the Sower Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

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  • Mark 2:13 : 13 The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.
  • Luke 5:1-3 : 1 The Call of the Disciples Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God. 2 He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
  • Luke 8:4-9 : 4 The Parable of the Sower While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable: 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it. 6 Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it. 8 But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out,“The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” 9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.
  • Mark 3:7 : 7 Crowds by the Sea Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,
  • Matt 13:1-9 : 1 The Parable of the Sower On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake. 2 And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3 He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep. 6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered. 7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them. 8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 The one who has ears had better listen!” 10 Then the disciples came to him and said,“Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not. 12 For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand. 14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend. 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

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    1The Parable of the Sower On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

    2And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

  • Mark 4:2
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    2He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

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    13The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

  • Luke 5:1-4
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    1The Call of the Disciples Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

    2He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

    3He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

    4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,“Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”

  • Luke 8:22
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    22Stilling of a Storm One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

  • Mark 5:21
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    21Restoration and Healing When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

  • Matt 5:1-2
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    2Then he began to teach them by saying:

  • Mark 4:35-37
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    35Stilling of a Storm On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.”

    36So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him.

    37Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

  • Mark 3:7-9
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    7Crowds by the Sea Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

    8Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

    9Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.

  • Mark 10:1
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    1Divorce Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them.

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  • Luke 4:31
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    31Ministry in Capernaum So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

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  • Matt 14:24-25
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    24Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

    25As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

  • John 8:2
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    2Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

  • Luke 6:17
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    47When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.

    48He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.

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    34As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

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    17got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum.(It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

    18By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

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    23Stilling of a Storm As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

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    39So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

  • Matt 19:2
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    13Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

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    10Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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    22The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

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    16As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen).