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| | Then he asked them, "Do we light candles only to hide them under a bushel basket or a bed, rather than to place them on candlesticks? Nothing is hidden which will not be brought to light. Likewise any secret kept will soon become known. If a man is willing to listen, let him hear the Truth." | | Then he asked them, "Do we light candles only to hide them under a bushel basket or a bed, rather than to place them on candlesticks? Nothing is hidden which will not be brought to light. Likewise any secret kept will soon become known. If a man is willing to listen, let him hear the Truth." |
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| | + | Then he said to them, "Be careful of what you listen to. Whichever measure you apply, you shall be measured accordingly, and those of you who listen will be given more. He who has will be given, while he doesn't will see that little which he has taken from him. The kingdom of God is the same way. If someone sows seed on the ground, and goes to sleep and waits several days, plants will spring from the seeds, though he doesn't know how. Because it is the earth that brings forth the fruit: first a blade, then an ear of corn, then the corn itself. And when the fruit has been produced, he brings out the sickle and harvests his produce." |
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| | + | Then he said, "What will we say God's kingdom is like? What sort of metaphor will we use? It's like a single mustard seed, which is smaller than all other seeds on earth when placed in the ground, but once planted, it grows larger than all the other herbs and grows large branches, so the birds can shelter under its shadow." |
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| + | He used many parables like this one to preach God's word in a way that they could understand. But He never used parables when speaking to His own men. He explained everything to His own students. Later that day, around sunset, He said to them: "Let's cross over to the opposite shore." They dismissed the crowd, and then cast off in the boat where Jesus had been preaching, with Jesus still on board. Some other boats also went with them. |
| − | |<span id="4:24"></span>And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
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| − | |Then he said to them, "Be careful of what you listen to. Whichever measure you apply, you shall be measured accordingly, and those of you who listen will be given more."
| + | Suddenly a fierce storm came, with strong winds. Waves started to break over the boat, so that it began to fill with water. Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern of the boat. They woke him saying, "Master, don't you care that we'll capsize and drown?" He got up and chided the wind, and said to the sea: "Silence, be still!" The wind then stopped, and there was complete calm. He asked them, "Why are you so afraid? Why haven't you any [[faith]]?" Filled with awe, they asked each other: "What kind of Man is He, such that even the wind and sea obey Him? |
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| − | |<span id="4:26"></span>And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
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| − | |"The kingdom of God is the same way. If someone sows seed on the ground,
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| − | |<span id="4:27"></span>And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
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| − | |"And goes to sleep and waits several days, plants will spring from the seeds, though he doesn't know how.
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| − | |<span id="4:28"></span>For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
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| − | |"Because it is the earth that brings forth the fruit: first a blade, then an ear of corn, then the corn itself."
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| − | |<span id="4:29"></span>But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
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| − | |<span id="4:30"></span>And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
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| − | |Then he said, "What will we say God's kingdom is like? What sort of metaphor will we use?
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| − | |<span id="4:31"></span>It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
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| − | |<span id="4:32"></span>But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
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| − | |<span id="4:33"></span>And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
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| − | |He used many parables like this one to preach God's word in a way that they could understand.
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| − | |<span id="4:34"></span>But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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| − | |But He never used parables when speaking to His own men. He explained everything to His own students.
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| − | |<span id="4:35"></span>And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
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| − | |Later that day, around sunset, He said to them: "Let's cross over to the opposite shore."
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| − | |<span id="4:36"></span>And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
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| − | |They dismissed the crowd, and then cast off in the boat where Jesus had been preaching, with Jesus still on board. Some other boats also went with them.
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| − | |<span id="4:37"></span>And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
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| − | |Suddenly a fierce storm came, with strong winds. Waves started to break over the boat, so that it began to fill with water.
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| − | |Such squalls occur frequently on Lake Tiberias even today.
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| − | |<span id="4:38"></span>And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
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| − | |Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern of the boat. They woke him saying, "Master, don't you care that we'll capsize and drown?"
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| − | |<span id="4:39"></span>And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
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| − | |He got up and chided the wind, and said to the sea: "Silence, be still!" The wind then stopped, and there was complete calm.
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| − | |<span id="4:40"></span>And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
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| − | |He asked them, "Why are you so afraid? Why haven't you any [[faith]]?"
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| − | |<span id="4:41"></span>And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
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| − | |Filled with awe, they asked each other: "What kind of Man is He, such that even the wind and sea obey Him?
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