Mark 4:3

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Mark 4:3-9

The parable of the fourfold soil: v. 3. Hearken! Behold, there went out a sower to sow; v. 4. and it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. v. 5. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth; v. 6. but when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. v. 7. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Mark 4:1-34

3. Our Lord’s Conflict with the carnal Unbelief of the People in the Delivery of His Parables, and His Triumph over Human Narrowness. (Mark 4:1-34)(Parallels: Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:31-35; Luke 8:4-18)1And he began again to teach by the sea-side: and there was gathered1 unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a [the] ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2And he taught them many things by parables, 3and said unto them in his doctrine,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Mark 4:1-9

Brother to All Who Will Mark 3:20-35 ; Mark 4:1-9 The Pharisees circulated this infamous charge-not because they believed it, but to satisfy the questions that were being asked on all sides. What they affirmed they knew to be untrue; but for selfish reasons they would not confess what they really thought. Such denial of truth is a deadly and unpardonable sin, because it injures the sensitiveness of conscience and produces moral death. Family ties, Mark 3:31-35 . The family of Jesus needed... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Mark 4:1-41

In verses Mark 4:1-2; Mark 4:10-12, we have the explanation of the reason of the parabolic teaching of Jesus. He clothed divine truth in picture forms that men might more easily look upon it and learn it, just as He Himself was veiled in human form that men might have some vision of God suited to their capacity. In verses Mark 4:3-9; Mark 4:13-20, we have the parable of the sower. He is the Sower. The results following His sowing are indifference, shallowness, insincerity, fruit. The... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:3-4

WASTED SEED‘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.’ Mark 4:3-Numbers : The precious seed which fell to the right hand and to the left was wasted, because it fell on ground unprepared to receive it. I. Waste a great fault and sin.—Wasted food, wasted money, wasted health, wasted time, wasted opportunities of doing and receiving good—these in their several ways are all sins against God... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:1-34

The Message of the Kingly Rule of God Will Now Be Spread Widely and Will Produce Abundant Fruit (4:1-34). As we have already seen the Gospel began with Jesus Christ as God’s beloved Son and has gradually built up to the idea of the new community of believers who hear His words and do the will of His Father who are His brothers and sisters (Mark 3:34-35). These are the first proclaimed members of the newly established Kingly Rule of God. Now that is to be expanded on. That is why Jesus will now... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:3

“Listen. Behold a sower went out to sow.” ‘Listen.’ Jesus stresses, both here at the beginning of the parable, and at the end (Mark 4:9), that men must listen carefully. He wants them to be aware that the story has hidden meaning. This dual exhortation emphasised that He saw this parable as of special significance. It was a parable about the life transforming power of His words and of His message, and their response to it was all important for it would determine their whole future. The use of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:3-9

The Parable of the Four Kinds of Ground (4:3-9). Jesus now tells a story which contains within it a number of lessons, and is thus a kind of allegory. It is based on a scene well known to His hearers, that of a sower sowing seed. Those who knew their Scriptures well would remember that in Hosea 12:10 and Jeremiah 4:3 the sowing of seed was connected with the idea of a true response to God resulting from their becoming ‘good ground’. In Hosea 12:10 His people were called on to break up their... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:1-20

Mark 4:1-Nahum : . Teaching by Parables.— This section illustrates the method of teaching which the evangelist regards as characteristic of this period of the ministry. In it he combines some general observations about the use of parables, with what was originally a brief account of teaching delivered on one day. A comparison of Mark 4:1 and Mark 4:35 represents Jesus as entering a boat in which He stays all day and in which He crosses at night to the other side. Yet in Mark 4:10 He is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 4:3-20

See Poole on "Matthew 13:1", and following verses to Matthew 13:23. The parable is recorded both by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and is of excellent use: 1. To show the excellency of the word of God, which is here (as in other places) called the word; it is the seed of God, the good seed: and the excellency of the ordinance of preaching, for that is the seed sown. 2. To show us the different effect of the word preached from moral discourses and philosophical disputes, from which can be expected no... read more

Grupo de Marcas