Mar 4:1-9 | Clarke | STEP | The parable of the sower, . Its interpretation, . The use we should make of the instructions we receive, . The parable of the progressively growing seed, . Of the mustard seed, . Christ and his disciples are overtaken by a storm, . He rebukes the wind and the sea, and produces fair weather, .

‏ Mark 4:1-9

Introduction

The parable of the sower, Mar 4:1-9. Its interpretation, Mar 4:10-20. The use we should make of the instructions we receive, Mar 4:21-26. The parable of the progressively growing seed, Mar 4:26-29. Of the mustard seed, Mar 4:30-34. Christ and his disciples are overtaken by a storm, Mar 4:35-38. He rebukes the wind and the sea, and produces fair weather, Mar 4:39-41. Verse 2

He taught them many things by parables - See every part of this parable of the sower explained on Mat 13:1 (note), etc. Verse 4

The fowls - Του ουρανου, of the air, is the common reading; but it should be omitted, on the authority of nine uncial MSS., upwards of one hundred others, and almost all the versions. Bengel and Griesbach have left it out of the text. It seems to have been inserted in Mark, from Luk 8:5. Verse 9

And he said - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear - The Codex Bezae, later Syriac in the margin, and seven copies of the Itala, add, και ὁ συνιων συνιετω, and whoso understandeth, let him understand.