Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 Jesus again began to teach by the Sea; and,
as an immense crowd was gathering round
him, he got into a boat, and sat in it on the Sea, while all
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the people were on the shore at the water's edge.
2 Then
he taught them many truths in parables; and in the course
of his teaching he said to them:
3
4 “Listen! The sower went out to sow; and presently, as he
was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path; and the
birds came, and ate it up.
5 Some fell on rocky ground, where
it had not much soil, and, having no depth of soil, sprang up
at once;
6 but, when the sun rose, it was scorched, and, having no
root, withered away.
7 Some of the seed fell among brambles;
but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it
yielded no return.
8 Some fell into good soil, and, shooting up
and growing, yielded a return, amounting to thirty, sixty, and
even a hundred fold.”
9 And Jesus said:
“Let any one who has ears to hear with hear.
10 Afterwards, when he was alone, his followers and the
Twelve asked him about his parables; and he said:
11
“To you the hidden truth of the Kingdom of God has been
imparted; but to those who are outside it all teaching takes
the form of parables, that—
12
‘Though they have eyes, they may see without perceiving;
And though they have ears, they may hear without understanding;
Lest some day they should turn and be forgiven.’ note
13 You do not know the meaning of this parable!” he went
on; “then how will you understand all the other parables?
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15 The sower sows the Message. The people meant
by the seed that falls along the path are these—where the Message
is sown, but, as soon as they have heard it, Satan immediately
comes and carries away the Message that has been sown in
them.
16 So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky
places are the people who, when they have heard the Message,
at once accept it joyfully;
17 but, as they have no root, they
stand only for a short time; and so, when trouble or persecution
arises on account of the Message, they fall away at once.
18 Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are
different;
19 they are the people who hear the Message, but
the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings
for many other things come in and completely choke the
Message, so that it gives no return.
20 But the people meant
by the seed sown on the good ground are those who hear
the Message, and welcome it, and yield a return, thirty,
sixty, and even a hundred fold.”
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21 And Jesus said to them:
“Is a lamp brought to be put under the corn-measure
or under the couch, instead of being put on the lamp-stand?
22 Nothing is hidden unless it is some day to come to
light, nor was anything ever kept hidden but that it should
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some day come into the light of day. ⪆⪆
23 Let all who have
ears to hear with hear.
24 Take care what you listen to,” said
Jesus. “The measure you mete will be meted out to you, and
more will be added for you.
25 For, to those who have, more will
be given; while, from those who have nothing, even what they
have will be taken away.”
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26 Jesus also said:
“This is what the Kingdom of God is like—
like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,
and then sleeps by night and rises by day,
27 while the seed is
shooting up and growing—he knows not how.
28 The ground
bears the crop of itself—first the blade, then the ear, and then
the full grain in the ear;
29 but, as soon as the crop is ready,
immediately he ‘puts in the sickle because harvest has come.’”
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30 Jesus also said:
31 “To what can we liken the Kingdom of God?
or by what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by
the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the
ground,
32 though it is smaller than all other seeds, yet, when
sown, shoots up, and becomes larger than any other herb, and
puts out great branches, so that even ‘the wild birds can roost
in its shelter.’” note
33 With many such parables Jesus used to speak to the people
of his Message, as far as they were able to receive it;
34 and to
them he never used to speak except in parables; but in
private to his own disciples he explained everything.
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35 In the evening of the same day, Jesus said to
them:
“Let us go across.”
36 So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them, just
as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him.
37 A violent squall came on, and the waves kept dashing into the
boat, so that the boat was actually filling.
38 Jesus was in the
stern asleep upon the cushion; and the disciples roused him
and cried:
“Teacher! is it nothing to you that we are lost?”
39 Jesus rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea:
“Hush! Be still!”
Then the wind dropped, and a great calm followed.
40 “Why are you so timid?” he exclaimed. ⪆⪆“Have you
no faith yet?”
41 But they were struck with great awe, and said to one another:
“Who can this be that even the wind and the sea obey
him?”
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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