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4:1-9 Again he began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd were
assembled near him so that he went to sit in a ship in the sea. All the crowd were on the land and
facing the sea. He (Jesus) taught them many things and presented his
teaching in parables. He said
"Behold someone went out to sow seed.. And it happened as he sowed some of
this fell by the way and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky places where
there was not much earth.
Immediately this sprang up because there was no depth of
earth. And when the sun rose it
was scorched. As it did not have
enough roots it was withered. And
other seed fell among thorns and the thorns came up and choked it and so
it did not give fruit. And other
seed again fell into the good earth.
It came up and gave fruit up
to thirty and sixty and even a hundred fold." He said
“Whoever has ears to hear this, let them hear.”
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8:27-9:1
Jesus went forth with his disciples into the villages of Caesare’s Philippi.
(which is by the sea) Along
the way he questioned his disciples asking them who people thought him to
be. They told him saying. "
Some think you to be John the Baptist and others Elias. Others think you to be one of the
prophets." Then he (Jesus) questioned them “But you, who do you say that I
am?” Answering Peter said to him
“You are the Christ.” And he
warned them that they may not tell anyone about him.
And he began to teach them that it behooves the Son of man to
suffer many things and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests
and the scribes and then to be killed.
And after three days he would rise again. (Jesus) spoke these words openly. Then Peter was taking him aside to
rebuke him. But He, (Note: occasional use of capital letter for
pronoun) turning around and seeing his disciples
(watching) rebuked Peter instead and said “Get behind me Satan, because
you do not mind the things of God but the things of men.” And calling to him the crowd with his
disciples, he said to them.
"If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and
take up this cross and let him follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. But whoever will lose his life for the
sake of me and the gospel, will save it.
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and yet be
lost within his soul. For what can
somebody give in exchange for their soul?
Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and
sinful generation, then the Son of man will be ashamed of him in turn
when he comes into the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
And he said to them.
"Truly I tell you that there are some people standing here
who will not taste death before
they see the Kingdom
of God having come
in power."
(Text is mainly a paraphrase of the Literal translation in the RSV
Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, 1988)
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