Mark 4 Majority Standard Bible

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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909

1 Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into the boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

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 parables, and in His teaching He said,

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

3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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

4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds 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 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

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

6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

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

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.

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

8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

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 Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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

10 As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

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

11 He replied, “To know the mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

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 so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven their sins.’”

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 Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

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

14 The farmer sows the word.

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

15 Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was 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 Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once 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 But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

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 Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

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

19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and 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 Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

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 Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?

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 nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.

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

23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

23 Si alguno tiene oídos para oir, oiga.

24 He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you who hear.

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 has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

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

26 Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

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

27 Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

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

28 For all by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

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

29 And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings 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 Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we illustrate it?

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

31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon 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 But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”

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 With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

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

34 He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

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

35 When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”

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

36 After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other little boats with Him.

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

37 Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.

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

38 But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

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

39 Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

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

40 “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “How do you still have no faith?”

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

41 Overwhelmed with fear, they asked 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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