The Four Different Ways to Hear. May 3rd, 2016, Kichijouji Bible Study
Gotthold Beck
Mark
4:1 Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.
4:2 He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,
4:3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow.
4:4 As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.
4:5 Others fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn’t deep.
4:6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.
4:7 Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they did not produce anything.
4:8 But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown.”
4:9 He added, “Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!”
4:10 When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.