{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_mar004_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_mar004_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_mar004_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/mar004.htm","summary":"This is Mark chapter 4 from the New Testament, presented as a parallel Bible text showing three versions side by side: the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version (KJV) with Strong's concordance numbers, and the Latin Vulgate. The chapter contains Jesus teaching a large crowd from a boat on the Sea of Galilee, delivering the Parable of the Sower \u2014 in which seed falls on four types of ground (path, rocky soil, thorns, and good earth) representing different responses to God's word. Jesus privately explains to his disciples that the parable describes how \"the worries of this age, the deceitfulness of wealth, and desires for other things\" choke spiritual receptivity, while those who truly receive the word bear abundant fruit. The chapter also includes the Parable of the Growing Seed (the kingdom of God grows mysteriously on its own), the Parable of the Mustard Seed (the kingdom begins tiny but becomes vast), and ends with Jesus calming a storm at sea, prompting his disciples to ask in awe who he is. The distinctive scholarly feature is the interlinear KJV format with Strong's numbers appended to each word, making this a reference tool for word-level comparison between Greek and English rather than a text designed for devotional reading.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Mark: Mark 4","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2365}