From New Testament Everyday Bible Study: Mark, with questions for reflection by Becky Castle Miller. [As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.] Mark 4:1-20 4:1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
Thank you. The questions at the end really make me think a little bit more. Sometimes I feel like I’m on fertile ground and other times I feel like I’m on rocky ground.
Thank you. The questions at the end really make me think a little bit more. Sometimes I feel like I’m on fertile ground and other times I feel like I’m on rocky ground.
"Why does Jesus speak in parables?"
Why doesn't YHWH just appear to everyone in a burning bush?
I guess the Creator likes a little mystery . . . or likes to create a buzz, huh? Ah hell . . . what do I know?
Him . . . I think I know Him, kind of, sort of. At least, I think I do.
He's got holes, right?