Mark 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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1 Jesús comenzó otra vez a enseñar junto al mar. Se reunió con él una multitud tan grande que él entró en una barca y se sentó en el mar; y toda la gente estaba en tierra, junto al mar.

1 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

2 Les enseñaba muchas cosas por medio de parábolas, y en su enseñanza les decía:

2 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

3 Escuchen. Un sembrador salió a sembrar.

3 “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.

4 Mientras sembraba, parte de la semilla cayó junto al camino, y vinieron las aves y se la comieron.

4 As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

5 Otra parte cayó en terreno pedregoso, donde no tenía mucha tierra. Brotó pronto, porque la tierra no era profunda.

5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

6 Pero cuando salió el sol, se quemó; y como no tenía raíz, se secó.

6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

7 Otra parte cayó entre espinos. Los espinos crecieron, la ahogaron, y no dio fruto.

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

8 Pero otra parte cayó en buena tierra, y dio fruto que creció y aumentó. Produjo a treinta, a sesenta y a cien por uno.

8 Others fell into the good ground and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”

9 Entonces les dijo: El que tiene oídos para oír, que oiga.

9 He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

10 Cuando Jesús quedó solo, los que estaban cerca de él, junto con los doce, le preguntaron acerca de la parábola.

10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

11 Él les dijo: A ustedes se les ha dado conocer el secreto del reino de Dios; pero a los de afuera, todo se les dice en parábolas,

11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

12 para que viendo vean, pero no perciban; y oyendo oigan, pero no entiendan; no sea que se vuelvan y sean perdonados.

12 that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’”

13 Luego les dijo: ¿No entienden esta parábola? ¿Cómo entenderán todas las demás parábolas?

13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

14 El sembrador siembra la palabra.

14 The farmer sows the word.

15 Los de junto al camino son aquellos en quienes se siembra la palabra. Pero cuando la oyen, enseguida viene Satanás y quita la palabra que fue sembrada en ellos.

15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

16 De igual manera, los sembrados en terreno pedregoso son los que, al oír la palabra, enseguida la reciben con alegría.

16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

17 Pero no tienen raíz en sí mismos, sino que duran poco. Cuando viene la dificultad o la persecución por causa de la palabra, enseguida tropiezan.

17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

18 Los sembrados entre espinos son los que oyen la palabra,

18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

19 pero las preocupaciones de este mundo, el engaño de las riquezas y los deseos de otras cosas entran y ahogan la palabra, y no da fruto.

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

20 Pero los sembrados en buena tierra son los que oyen la palabra, la reciben y dan fruto: a treinta, a sesenta y a cien por uno.

20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

21 También les dijo: ¿Acaso se trae una lámpara para ponerla debajo de una canasta o debajo de la cama? ¿No es para ponerla sobre el candelero?

21 He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

22 Porque no hay nada escondido que no vaya a ser manifestado, ni nada secreto que no vaya a salir a la luz.

22 For there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light.

23 Si alguno tiene oídos para oír, que oiga.

23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”

24 También les dijo: Tengan cuidado con lo que oyen. Con la medida con que ustedes midan, se les medirá; y aun se les añadirá.

24 He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be given to you who hear.

25 Porque al que tiene, se le dará más; pero al que no tiene, aun lo que tiene le será quitado.

25 For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

26 También decía: El reino de Dios es como cuando un hombre echa semilla en la tierra.

26 He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

27 Duerme y se levanta, de noche y de día; y la semilla brota y crece, aunque él no sabe cómo.

27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.

28 La tierra da fruto por sí misma: primero la hoja, luego la espiga, y después el grano lleno en la espiga.

28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

29 Cuando el fruto está listo, enseguida se mete la hoz, porque ha llegado la cosecha.

29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

30 También dijo: ¿Con qué compararemos el reino de Dios? ¿Con qué parábola lo presentaremos?

30 He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

31 Es como un grano de mostaza, que cuando se siembra en la tierra es más pequeño que todas las semillas de la tierra.

31 It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

32 Pero después de sembrado, crece y llega a ser mayor que todas las hortalizas. Echa ramas grandes, de modo que las aves del cielo pueden hacer nidos bajo su sombra.

32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”

33 Con muchas parábolas como estas les hablaba la palabra, según podían entender.

33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

34 No les hablaba sin parábolas; pero en privado explicaba todo a sus discípulos.

34 Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

35 Aquel mismo día, cuando llegó la noche, Jesús les dijo: Pasemos al otro lado.

35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”

36 Dejaron a la multitud, y se llevaron a Jesús en la barca, tal como estaba. También había otras barcas con él.

36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

37 Entonces se levantó una gran tormenta de viento. Las olas golpeaban la barca, de modo que ya se estaba llenando de agua.

37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

38 Jesús estaba en la parte de atrás de la barca, durmiendo sobre un cojín. Lo despertaron y le dijeron: Maestro, ¿no te importa que nos hundamos?

38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and asked him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

39 Él se levantó, reprendió al viento y dijo al mar: ¡Silencio! ¡Cállate! Entonces el viento se calmó, y hubo una gran calma.

39 He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.

40 Luego les dijo: ¿Por qué tienen tanto miedo? ¿Cómo es que todavía no tienen fe?

40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”

41 Ellos sintieron mucho temor y se decían unos a otros: ¿Quién es este, que aun el viento y el mar le obedecen?

41 They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

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This harp-shaped lake (~13 miles long) lies in the Jordan Rift Valley. Cool air dropping onto the warm water spawns sudden storms — the setting of several Gospel miracles.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:18; Mark 4:39; John 21:1
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Quotes verse 4:28 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XVIII)
… if they do not call Himself the Son of the Creator of the world, that is, His Word, through whom the wood fructifies, and the fountains gush forth, and the earth gives "first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear."
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Quotes verse 4:13 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XLIV)
Therefore also another evangelist saith that He reproved them, because they do not understand; saying, "How knew ye not the parable?" But not for this cause only doth He speak in parables, but that He may also make His discourse more vivid, and fix the memory of it in them more perfectly, and bring the things before their sight.
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