Markus 4:20

4:20 But ¹  these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

Markus 6:34

6:34 As Jesus ²  came ashore ³  he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So ⁴  he taught them many things.

Markus 8:31

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

8:31 Then ⁵  Jesus ⁶  began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer ⁷  many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁸  and be killed, and after three days rise again.

[4:20]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[6:34]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:34]  ³ tn Grk “came out [of the boat],” with the reference to the boat understood.

[6:34]  ⁴ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate this action is the result of Jesus’ compassion on the crowd in the narrative.

[8:31]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:31]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:31]  ⁷ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis, since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[8:31]  ⁸ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.