Mark 4 Literal Standard Version

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2020
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1 And again He began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered to Him a great multitude, so that He, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

1 Y OTRA vez comenzó á enseñar junto á la mar, y se juntó á él mucha gente; tanto, que entrándose él en un barco, se sentó en la mar: y toda la gente estaba en tierra junto á la mar.

2 and He taught them many things in allegories, and He said to them in His teaching:

2 Y les enseñaba por parábolas muchas cosas, y les decía en su doctrina:

3 “Listen, behold, the sower went forth to sow;

3 Oid: He aquí, el sembrador salió á sembrar.

4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the birds of the sky came and devoured it;

4 Y aconteció sembrando, que una parte cayó junto al camino; y vinieron las aves del cielo, y la tragaron.

5 and other fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of having no depth of earth,

5 Y otra parte cayó en pedregales, donde no tenía mucha tierra; y luego salió, porque no tenía la tierra profunda:

6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of having no root it withered;

6 Mas salido el sol, se quemó; y por cuanto no tenía raíz, se secó.

7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit;

7 Y otra parte cayó en espinas; y subieron las espinas, y la ahogaron, y no dió fruto.

8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it was bearing, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

8 Y otra parte cayó en buena tierra, y dió fruto, que subió y creció: y llevó uno á treinta, y otro á sesenta, y otro á ciento.

9 And He said to them, “He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”

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

10 And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,

10 Y cuando estuvo solo, le preguntaron los que estaban cerca de él con los doce, sobre la parábola.

11 and He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the secret of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, in allegories are all the things done,

11 Y les dijo: A vosotros es dado saber el misterio del reino de Dios; mas á los que están fuera, por parábolas todas las cosas;

12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.”

12 Para que viendo, vean y no echen de ver; y oyendo, oigan y no entiendan: porque no se conviertan, y les sean perdonados los pecados.

13 And He says to them, “Have you not known this allegory? And how will you know all the allegories?

13 Y les dijo: ¿No sabéis esta parábola? ¿Cómo, pues, entenderéis todas las parábolas?

14 He who is sowing sows the word;

14 El que siembra [es el que] siembra la palabra.

15 and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, Satan immediately comes, and he takes away the word that has been sown in their hearts.

15 Y éstos son los de junto al camino: en los que la palabra es sembrada: mas después que la oyeron, luego viene Satanás, y quita la palabra que fué sembrada en sus corazones.

16 And these are they, in like manner, who are sown on the rocky ground: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,

16 Y asimismo éstos son los que son sembrados en pedregales: los que cuando han oído la palabra, luego la toman con gozo;

17 and have no root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

17 Mas no tienen raíz en sí, antes son temporales, que en levantándose la tribulación ó la persecución por causa de la palabra, luego se escandalizan.

18 And these are they who are sown toward the thorns: these are they who are hearing the word,

18 Y éstos son los que son sembrados entre espinas: los que oyen la palabra;

19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

19 Mas los cuidados de este siglo, y el engaño de las riquezas, y las codicias que hay en las otras cosas, entrando, ahogan la palabra, y se hace infructuosa.

20 And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who hear the word, and receive, and bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

20 Y éstos son los que fueron sembrados en buena tierra: los que oyen la palabra, y la reciben, y hacen fruto, uno á treinta, otro á sesenta, y otro á ciento.

21 And He said to them, “Does the lamp come that it may be put under the measure, or under the bed—not that it may be put on the lampstand?

21 También les dijo: ¿Tráese la antorcha para ser puesta debajo del almud, ó debajo de la cama? ¿No [es] para ser puesta en el candelero?

22 For there is not anything hid that may not be revealed, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

22 Porque no hay nada oculto que no haya de ser manifestado, ni secreto que no haya de descubrirse.

23 If any has ears to hear—let him hear.”

23 Si alguno tiene oídos para oir, oiga.

24 And He said to them, “Take heed what you hear; in what measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear it will be added;

24 Les dijo también: Mirad lo que oís: con la medida que medís, os medirán otros, y será añadido á vosotros los que oís.

25 for whoever may have, there will be given to him, and whoever has not, also that which he has will be taken from him.”

25 Porque al que tiene, le será dado; y al que no tiene, aun lo que tiene le será quitado.

26 And He said, “Thus is the Kingdom of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

26 Decía más: Así es el reino de Dios, como si un hombre echa simiente en la tierra;

27 and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed springs up and grows, he has not known how;

27 Y duerme, y se levanta de noche y de día, y la simiente brota y crece como él no sabe.

28 for of itself the earth bears fruit, first a blade, afterward an ear, afterward full grain in the ear;

28 Porque de suyo fructifica la tierra, primero hierba, luego espiga, después grano lleno en la espiga;

29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

29 Y cuando el fruto fuere producido, luego se mete la hoz, porque la siega es llegada.

30 And He said, “To what may we liken the Kingdom of God, or in what allegory may we compare it?

30 Y decía: ¿A qué haremos semejante el reino de Dios? ¿ó con qué parábola le compararemos?

31 As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

31 Es como el grano de mostaza, que, cuando se siembra en tierra, es la más pequeña de todas las simientes que hay en la tierra;

32 and whenever it may be sown, it comes up, and becomes greater than any of the herbs, and makes great branches, so that under its shade the birds of the sky are able to rest.”

32 Mas después de sembrado, sube, y se hace la mayor de todas las legumbres, y echa grandes ramas, de tal manera que las aves del cielo puedan morar bajo su sombra.

33 And with many such allegories He was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

33 Y con muchas tales parábolas les hablaba la palabra, conforme á lo que podían oir.

34 and without an allegory He was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to His disciples He was expounding all.

34 Y sin parábola no les hablaba; mas á sus discípulos en particular declaraba todo.

35 And He says to them on that day, evening having come, “We may pass over to the other side”;

35 Y les dijo aquel día cuando fué tarde: Pasemos de la otra parte.

36 and having let away the multitude, they take Him up as He was in the boat, and other little boats were also with Him.

36 Y despachando la multitud, le tomaron como estaba, en el barco; y había también con él otros barquitos.

37 And there comes a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

37 Y se levantó una grande tempestad de viento, y echaba las olas en el barco, de tal manera que ya se henchía.

38 and He Himself was on the stern, sleeping on the pillow, and they wake Him up, and say to Him, “Teacher, are You not caring that we perish?”

38 Y él estaba en la popa, durmiendo sobre un cabezal, y le despertaron, y le dicen: ¿Maestro, no tienes cuidado que perecemos?

39 And having awoken, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace, be stilled”; and the wind stilled, and there was a great calm;

39 Y levantándose, increpó al viento, y dijo á la mar: Calla, enmudece. Y cesó el viento, y fué hecha grande bonanza.

40 and He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How have you no faith?”

40 Y á ellos dijo: ¿Por qué estáis así amedrentados? ¿Cómo no tenéis fe?

41 And they feared a great fear and said to one another, “Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

41 Y temieron con gran temor, y decían el uno al otro. ¿Quién es éste, que aun el viento y la mar le obedecen?

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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."
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

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