Mark Chapter 4 Verse 1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

‹And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.›

‹No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.›

‹Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:›

‹But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:›

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

And he answered them, saying, ‹Who is my mother, or my brethren?›

And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, ‹Behold my mother and my brethren!›

‹For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.›

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

‹Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:›

‹And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.›

‹And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:›

‹But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.›

‹And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.›

‹And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.›

And he said unto them, ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

And he said unto them, ‹Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all› [these] ‹things are done in parables:›

The Book of Mark, Chapter 4, Verse 1