Aug 20, 2018
Mark 4:21-34
21 And He said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a
basket, or under a bed, and not on a
stand? 22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is
anything secret except to come to
light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And He said
to them, “Pay attention to what you
hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and
still more will be added to you. 25 For to
the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken
away.”
26 And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter
seed on the ground. 27 He
sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he
knows not how. 28 The earth
produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full
grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is
ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has
come.”
30 And He said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or
what parable shall we use
for it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on
the ground, is the smallest of all the
seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes
larger than all the garden plants and puts
out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in
its shade.” 33 With many such parables
He spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 34 He did
not speak to them without a parable,
but privately to His own disciples He explained everything