about him; and they say to him: Behold thy
mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

3:33. And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren?

3:34. And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith:
Behold my mother and my brethren.

3:35. For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my
sister, and mother.

Mark Chapter 4

The parable of the sower. Christ stills the tempest at sea.

4:1. And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude
was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship and sat
in the sea: and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side.

4:2. And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in
his doctrine:

4:3. Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

4:4. And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of
the air came and ate it up.

4:5. And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth;
and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.

4:6. And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no
root, it withered away.

4:7. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it,
and it yielded no fruit.

4:8. And some fell upon good ground; and brought forth fruit that grew
up, and increased and yielded, one thirty, another sixty, and another a
hundred.

4:9. And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

4:10. And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the
parable.

4:11. And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in
parables:

4:12. That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may
hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and
their sins should be forgiven them.

That seeing they may see, etc... in punishment of their wilfully
shutting their eyes, (St. Matt. 13. 15,) God justly withdrew those
lights and graces, which otherwise he would have given them, for their
effectual conversion.

4:13. And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this, parable? and how
shall you know all parables?

4:14. He that soweth, soweth the word.

4:15. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as
soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the
word that was sown in their hearts.

4:16. And these likewise are they that are