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Mark 4:40 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? "
Mark 4:40
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And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
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Mark 4:1
"And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land."
Mark 4:2
"And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,"
Mark 4:3
"Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:"
Mark 4:4
"And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up."
Mark 4:5
"And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:"
Mark 4:6
"But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away."
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