Mark 4:31 - A single grain may seem enormous until it is tossed into the boiling pot where the oatmeal is brewing.
Mark 4:32 - After it is planted it grows larger than all the other herbs, and the branches grow so big that birds can find shade beneath them.
Mark 4:33 - And he told them short stories with morals in them, and they listened.
Mark 4:34 - He always spoke to them in parables or metaphors and then explained what he meant by the parable to his disciples when they were alone.
Mark 4:35 - And that evening he said, Let’s cross.
Mark 4:36 - After they cast the group away, they got him aboard the ship. There were more small sailing crafts as well.
Mark 4:37 - A great storm of wind arose from the sea and great waves beat unto the ship, filling it with water.
Mark 4:38 - And he was in the back part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awakened him and said to him: Master, don’t you care that we are about to die?
Mark 4:39 - He arose and told the wind to calm and the sea to be still. This caused the wind to stop, and a calm to settle on the land.
Mark 4:40 - He asked them, Why are you so scared? Why can’t you believe me?
Mark 4:41 - And they were very much afraid; and they said to each other: What kind of man is this whom even the wind and the sea obey?
