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Mark 4:13–20 — The Parable Explained
Jesus explains the sower, and the explanation is less comfortable than the story. Three of the four soils receive the word, and three of them lose it.
Mark 4:21–34 — The Parables of the Kingdom: An Overview
The lamp, the measure, the growing seed, the mustard seed. It looks like a bundle of loose sayings until you lay them out together and see the pattern.
Mark 4:21–23 — The Lamp
Nobody lights a lamp and shoves it under a bed. Jesus uses the most ordinary object in a Galilean home to say something about what cannot stay hidden.
Mark 4:24–25 — The Measure You Use
A merchant pressing grain down and shaking it so the basket overflows. That is the picture behind “with the same measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Mark 4:26–29 — The Parable of the Seed
And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the fu
Mark 4:30–34 — The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Then He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and sho
Mark 4:35–41 — Jesus Calms the Storm
Fishermen who had worked that lake their whole lives were certain they were about to die. And Jesus was asleep on a pillow in the stern.
Mark 5:1–20 — Chains Can't Hold Him
Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, beca
Mark 5:21–24 — Falling at His Feet
“Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet and begged Him earnestly, saying, ‘My little d
Mark 5:25–34 — Who Touched Me?
Twelve years bleeding, every doctor tried, every coin spent, and ritually unclean the entire time. She reaches for the hem of His robe from behind.
Mark 5:35–43 — Do Not Be Afraid, Only Believe
Do Not Be Afraid, Only Believe | Mark 5:35–43 | Studies in the Gospel of Mark (Ep. 14) The house was chaos. Mourners filled the air with wailing. Neighbors pressed in. Death had taken Jairus’ daughter. But when Jesus walked in, everything changed. In this episode, we continue the
Mark 6:7–13 — Sent With Nothing but Authority
No bag, no bread, no money. Jesus sends the twelve out with nothing but authority and each other, and that turns out to be the point.
Mark 6:14–29 — A Party of Death
Mark stops the action to describe a royal banquet that ends with a prophet's head on a platter. Two kingdoms, two tables, and a choice about which one you sit at.
Mark 6:30–44 — The Feeding of the Five Thousand
Welcome to The Berean Post, where we take Bible study seriously — just like the Bereans Paul commended in Acts 17:11. In today’s study, we’re looking at Mark 6:30–44, the miraculous feeding of the five thousand — a moment that reveals Jesus as the true Shepherd who both teaches a
Mark 6:45–56 — Lord of the Storm
Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away. And when He had sent them away, He departed to the mountain to pray. Now when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He wa
Mark 7:1–13 — Corban, Clean Hands, and the Heart
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. When they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hand