Top Verses from Mark 4  

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." (NIV)

On that same day [when] evening had come, He said to them, Let us go over to the other side [of the lake]. (AMP)

And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. (KJV)

Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. (NIV)

Other seed [of the same kind] fell on ground full of rocks, where it had not much soil; and at once it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil (AMP)

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: (KJV)

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. (NIV)

AGAIN JESUS began to teach beside the lake. And a very great crowd gathered about Him, so that He got into a ship in order to sit in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the lakeside on the shore. (AMP)

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. (KJV)

He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground." (NIV)

And He said, The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground (AMP)

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; (KJV)

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. (NIV)

And when the sun came up, it was scorched, and because it had not taken root, it withered away. (AMP)

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. (KJV)

He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables" (NIV)

And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the mystery of the kingdom of God [that is, the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly]; but for those outside [of our circle] everything becomes a parable (AMP)

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: (KJV)

"Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times." (NIV)

And other seed [of the same kind] fell into good (well-adapted) soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing, and yielded up to thirty times as much, and sixty times as much, and even a hundred times as much as had been sown. (AMP)

And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. (KJV)

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. (NIV)

Other seed [of the same kind] fell among thorn plants, and the thistles grew and pressed together and utterly choked and suffocated it, and it yielded no grain. (AMP)

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. (KJV)

Then Jesus said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear." (NIV)

And He said, He who has ears to hear, let him be hearing [and let him consider, and comprehend]. (AMP)

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (KJV)

Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?" (NIV)

And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables? (AMP)

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? (KJV)