Mark tells THE (Real Ruler's) "Good-News". Chapter 4 [Pericope 27]

Pericope 27  - s k i l l i k e n e s s k i l l i k e n e s s

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He kept on speaking to them all the word

as much as they were able then to hear,

And with such - many parables they heard

to the extent that they had come quite near

to him, b'coz he would not speak to them 

without the use of parables, but in

times private, with his own disciples when

they asked him, he'd explain to help them win.

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33 Καὶ τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν·34χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς, κατ’ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς ἐπέλυεν πάντα. Mark 4:33-34 NA28

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Mark tells THE (Real Ruler's) "Good-News". Chapter 4 [Pericope 26]

Pericope 26 - another likeness

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And he was saying that: "God's rule or reign,

his leadership, is likened unto - what?

What parable shall we present to frame

it, so it's seen to be somehow like God?

It's simile might be a mustard seed,

which when it has been sown upon the earth

might be the smallest seed of crop or weed

to fall upon the earth, that yet gives birth...

… thus: when it has been sown, it grows up and

becomes the greatest of all garden plants

with branches big enough that birds can land

upon them from the sky, in shade, perchance.

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30 Καὶ ἔλεγεν· πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ ἐν τίνι αὐτὴν παραβολῇ θῶμεν; 31 ὡς κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃς ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερον ὂν πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, 32καὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ, ἀναβαίνει καὶ γίνεται μεῖζον πάντων τῶν λαχάνων καὶ ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους, ὥστε δύνασθαι ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνοῦν. Mark 4:30-32  NA28

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Mark tells THE (Real Ruler's) "Good-News". Chapter 4 [Pericope 25]

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Pericope 25 - a likeness of the rule or reign of God...

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And he was saying that the rule, or reign 

of God is like a man who casts his grain

upon the earth, then sleeps at night again,

then gets up in the day-time much the same,

and all the time the seed it sprouts and grows

though how it does the farmer hardly knows

and by itself the earth brings fruit that shows,

at first the plant, then head, where grain it stows.

And then the farmer, when the fruit is off-

ered of itself, he straightaway then sends 

the sickle in, to take the harvest off,

because it's come, and keeps on 'til it ends.

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26Καὶ ἔλεγεν· οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς 27καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος βλαστᾷ καὶ μηκύνηται ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός. 28αὐτομάτη ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον εἶτα στάχυν εἶτα πλήρη [ς] σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ. 29ὅταν δὲ παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός, εὐθὺς ἀποστέλλει τὸ δρέπανον, ὅτι παρέστηκεν ὁ θερισμός. Mark 4:26-29  NA28

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Mark tells THE (Real Ruler's) "Good-News". Chapter 4 [Pericope 24]

Pericope  24 - Listen and live. … Don't, and you won't!

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And he was saying then to them, "No lamp 

is brought in(to a space) so that it might 

be put into a water-closet damp, 

or under basket, it's given some height!

It isn't brought to underneath a bed.

And isn't it put onto a lampstand?

Like maybe think of presents for a wed-

ding, or a birthday party that's at hand,

they're often wrapped and hidden - just at first!

But not because they aren't meant to be seen.

They're only wrapped to heighten (not to burst!)

desire and guessing fun. Know what I mean?

For there is nothing hidden that won't be

made obvious to ev'ryone around,

No secret thing that's done so none can see,

will stay that way, the light will come around!

"If anyone has ears to hear," he said

(like God said at creation, with no fear 

"Let there be.. light.." so eyes, (not gone to bed)

could see. But he says now, just "let them hear!"

And he was saying to them, "Careful now,

with what you hear, and maybe how you do

it, for the measure you use to, somehow,

make meaning, will be what is used for you,

and your method or stance, will also be 

then added to, by those who learn from you.

So check if you are quick to listen, "see",

what they would say, in what they say - and do.

A secret law of life, to swallow down

is "Those who have, will find they're given more

and those who do not have (don't sit and frown!)

will find their stuff is taken even more!

So learn to count the things that you now have,

and build upon those opportunities.

For people who watch on will help you nav-

i-gate hard times when they see what you seize!

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21Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· μήτι ἔρχεται ὁ λύχνος ἵνα ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον τεθῇ ἢ ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην; οὐχ ἵνα ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν τεθῇ; 22οὐ γάρ ἐστιν κρυπτὸν ἐὰν μὴ ἵνα φανερωθῇ, οὐδὲ ἐγένετο ἀπόκρυφον ἀλλ’ ἵνα ἔλθῃ εἰς φανερόν. 23εἴ τις ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω. 24Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε. ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν καὶ προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν. 25ὃς γὰρ ἔχει, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ· καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἔχει, καὶ ὃ ἔχει ἀρθήσεται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ. Mark 4:21-25  NA28

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