1. Mark
Chapter 4

2. Chapter 4:10-12
And when he was alone, those around him with
the twelve asked him about the parables.
And he said to them, “To you has been given the
secret of the kingdom of God, but for those
outside everything is in parables,
in so that “they may indeed see but not
perceive, and may indeed hear but not
understand, lest they should turn and be
forgiven.”

3. Why Parables?

4. Why Parables?
stimulate thinking

5. Why Parables?
stimulate thinking
awaken their spiritual perception

6. Lamp Under a Basket
Mark 4:21-25

7. Lamp Under a Basket
Mark 4:21-25
Jesus = the lamp

8. Lamp Under a Basket
Mark 4:21-25
Jesus = the lamp
Hidden for now, but revealed soon

9. Growing Seed
Mark 4:26-29

10. Growing Seed
Mark 4:26-29
The present hiddenness of the
Kingdom will pass and its Glory
revealed to all

11. Growing Seed
Mark 4:26-29
The present hiddenness of the
Kingdom will pass and its Glory
revealed to all
It’s already in motion, just like the
growing seed from it’s planting

12. Mustard Seed
Mark 4:30-34

13. Mustard Seed
Mark 4:30-34

14. Mustard Seed
Mark 4:30-34

15. Mustard Seed
Mark 4:30-34
Insignificant and week beginnings,
but a day will come, when it will be
great and powerful

16. Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 4:35-41

17. Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 4:35-41
They have witnessed so much

18. Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 4:35-41
They have witnessed so much
Again, Jesus is showing his authority

19. Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 4:35-41
They have witnessed so much
Again, Jesus is showing his authority
Nature obeys its creator