Today's chapter is Mark 4. I won't quote the entire passage I want to talk about, but please go and read verses 3 - 8 and then Jesus' explanation of the parable given in verses 14 - 20. As a gardener ...

We are at “another occasion”; somewhat vaguely Mark joins disparate episodes into his coherent story. Mark introduces us to a situation noted before, where Jesus teaches large crowds, so large that ...