Mark 4
1 And, again, began he to be teaching by the sea; and there come together unto him a very great multitude, so that, he, into a boat, entering, was sitting upon the sea, —and, all the multitude, were, near the sea upon the land.
And eft Jhesus bigan to teche at the see; and myche puple was gaderid to hym, so that he wente in to a boot, and sat in the see, and al the puple was aboute the see on the loond.
2 And he began to teach them, in parables, many things, and was saying unto them, in his teaching—
And he tauyte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techyng,
3 Hearken! Lo! the sower went forth to sow;
Here ye. Lo! a man sowynge goith out to sowe.
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and the birds came, and devoured it;
And the while he sowith, summe seed felde aboute the weie, and briddis of heuene camen, and eeten it.
5 And, some, fell on the rocky places, [even] where it had not much earth, —and, straightway, it sprang forth, by reason of its not having depth of earth;
Othere felde doun on stony places, where it had not myche erthe; and anoon it spronge vp, for it had not depnesse of erthe.
6 and, when the sun arose, it was scorched, —and, by reason of its not having root, it was dried up;
And whanne the sunne roos vp, it welewide for heete, and it driede vp, for it hadde no roote.
7 And, some, fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and, fruit, it yielded not;
And othere felde doun in to thornes, and thornes sprongen vp, and strangliden it, and it yaf not fruyt.
8 And, other, fell into the good ground, and was yielding fruit, coming up and growing, —and was bearing, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold,
And other felde doun in to good loond, and yaf fruyt, springynge vp, and wexynge; and oon brouyte thretti foold, and oon sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold.
9 And he was saying—He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!
And he seide, He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.
10 And when he was alone they who were about him with the twelve questioned him as to the parables;
And whanne he was bi hym silf, tho twelue that weren with hym axiden hym to expowne the parable.
11 and he was saying unto them—To you, the sacred secret hath been given of the kingdom of God, whereas, to them who are outside, in parables are all things coming to pass, —that
And he seide to hem, To you it is youun to knowe the priuete of the kyngdom of God. But to hem that ben with outforth, alle thingis be maad in parablis, that thei seynge se,
12 They may surely look and yet not see, and surely hear and yet not understand, lest once they should return and it be forgiven them.
and se not, and thei herynge here and vnderstonde not; lest sum tyme thei be conuertid, and synnes be foryouun to hem.
13 And he saith unto them—Know ye not this parable? How then will ye get to know all the parables?
And he seide to hem, Knowe not ye this parable? and hou ye schulen knowe alle parablis?
14 The sower, soweth the word;
He that sowith, sowith a word.
15 And these are they beside the pathway where the word is sown, —and, as soon as they hear, straightway, cometh Satan, and snatcheth away the word which hath been sown into them;
But these it ben that ben aboute the weie, where the word is sowun; and whanne thei han herd, anoon cometh Satanas, and takith awei the word that is sowun in her hertis.
16 And these are likewise they upon the rocky places sown, —who, as soon as they hear the word, straightway, with joy receive it,
And in lijk maner ben these that ben sowun on stony placis, whiche whanne thei han herd the word, anoon thei taken it with ioye;
17 and have no root in themselves, but, only for a season are, —afterwards, when there ariseth tribulation or persecution by reason of the word, straightway, they find cause of stumbling;
and thei han not roote in hem silf, but thei ben lastynge a litil tyme; aftirward whanne tribulacioun risith, and persecucioun for the word, anoon thei ben sclaundrid.
18 And others are they who among thorns are sown, —these are they who hear the word,
And ther ben othir that ben sowun in thornes; these it ben that heren the word,
19 and, the anxieties of the age, and the deceit of wealth, and the covetings about the remaining things, entering in, choke up the word, and, unfruitful, it becometh; (aiōn g165)
and disese of the world, and disseit of ritchessis, and othir charge of coueytise entrith, and stranglith the word, and it is maad with out fruyt. (aiōn g165)
20 And those yonder are they who on the good ground are sown, —who, indeed, hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit—thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
And these it ben that ben sowun on good lond, whiche heren the word, and taken, and maken fruyt, oon thritti fold, oon sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold.
21 And he was saying unto them—Doth the lamp come that under the measure it should be put, or under the couch? Is it not that upon the lampstand it may be put?
And he seide to hem, Wher a lanterne cometh, that it be put vndur a buschel, or vndur a bed? nay, but that it be put on a candilstike?
22 For it is not hidden, save that it may be made visible; neither did it get hidden away, but that it might come into a place where it could be seen.
Ther is no thing hid, that schal not be maad opyn; nethir ony thing is pryuey, that schal not come in to opyn.
23 If any one hath ears to hear, let him hear.
If ony man haue eeris of heryng, here he.
24 And he was saying unto them—Be taking heed what ye are hearing: —with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you, and added unto you;
And he seide to hem, Se ye what ye heren. In what mesure ye meten, it schal be metun to you ayen, and be cast to you.
25 For, he that hath, it shall be given, unto him, and, he that hath not, even what he hath, shall be taken from him.
For it schal be youun to hym that hath, and it schal be takun awei fro him that hath not, also that that he hath.
26 And he was saying—Thus, is the kingdom of God: As a man may cast seed upon the earth,
And he seide, So the kingdom of God is, as if a man caste seede in to the erthe,
27 and be sleeping and rising, night and day, —and the seed be sprouting, and lengthening itself, —how, he, knoweth not:
and he sleepe, and it rise up niyt and dai, and brynge forth seede, and wexe faste, while he woot not.
28 of itself, the earth beareth fruit, —first, a blade, afterwards, an ear, after that, full corn in the ear;
For the erthe makith fruyt, first the gras, aftirward the ere, and aftir ful fruyt in the ere.
29 but, as soon as the fruit yieldeth itself up, straightway, he sendeth forth the sickle, because standing by is the harvest.—
And whanne of it silf it hath brouyt forth fruyt, anoon he sendith a sikil, for repyng tyme is come.
30 And he was saying—How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or, in what parable, shall we put it?
And he seide, To what thing schulen we likne the kyngdom of God? or to what parable schulen we comparisoun it?
31 As a grain of mustard seed, —which, whensoever it may be sown upon the earth, is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth;
As a corne of seneuei, which whanne it is sowun in the erthe, is lesse than alle seedis that ben in the erthe;
32 and, as soon as it is sown, springeth up, and becometh greater than all garden plants, and produceth large branches, so that, under the shade thereof, the birds of heaven can find shelter.
and whanne it is sprongun up, it waxith in to a tre, and is maad gretter than alle erbis; and it makith grete braunchis, so that briddis of heuene moun dwelle vndur the schadewe therof.
33 And, with many such parables as these, was he speaking unto them the word, —according as they were able to hear;
And in many suche parablis he spak to hem the word, as thei myyten here;
34 but, without a parable, was he not speaking unto them, —privately, however, unto his own disciples, was he explaining all things.
and he spak not to hem with out parable. But he expownede to hise disciplis alle thingis bi hemsilf.
35 And he saith unto them, on that day, when evening came, Let us cross over unto the other side;
And he seide to hem in that dai, whanne euenyng was come, Passe we ayenward.
36 and, dismissing the multitude, they take him with them, as he was, in the boat, and, other boats, were with him.
And thei leften the puple, and token hym, so that he was in a boot; and othere bootys weren with hym.
37 And there ariseth a great tempest of wind, —and, the waves, were dashing over into the boat, so that, already being filled, was the boat.
And a greet storm of wynde was maad, and keste wawis in to the boot, so that the boot was ful.
38 And he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they arouse him, and say unto him, Teacher! carest thou not that we perish?
And he was in the hyndir part of the boot, and slepte on a pilewe. And thei reisen hym, and seien to hym, Maistir, perteyneth it not to thee, that we perischen?
39 And, roused up, he rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea—Hush! be still! and the wind lulled, and it became a great calm.
And he roos vp, and manasside the wynde, and seide to the see, Be stille, wexe doumbe. And the wynde ceesside, and greet pesiblenesse was maad.
40 And he said unto them—Why, are ye, fearful? Not yet, have ye faith?
And he seide to hem, What dreden ye? `Ye han no feith yit?
41 And they were caused to fear a great fear, and were saying one to another—Who then is, this, that, both the wind and the sea, give ear unto him?
And thei dredden with greet drede, and seiden `ech to other, Who, gessist thou, is this? for the wynde and the see obeschen to hym.
