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Mark 4 · Grade 5

Who Then Is This?

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Mark 4 collects Jesus' parables of the Kingdom. The sower explains the mixed response to Jesus' preaching. The soil is the hearer's heart, and only those who receive the word with understanding and perseverance bear fruit. Jesus explained that to outsiders everything comes in parables, so that, as Isaiah said, seeing they may not perceive. Parables reveal to the humble and conceal from the hard-hearted.

The lamp shows that what is hidden is meant to be revealed. "Take heed what you hear": the measure you give is the measure you receive. The seed growing secretly, unique to Mark, shows that God brings the harvest, not human effort. The mustard seed shows the Kingdom's unlikely beginning and great end.

The storm narrative answers the question the parables raise: who is this teacher? In the Old Testament, only God rules the raging sea and stills its waves. Jesus sleeps peacefully, showing His trust in the Father, and with a word commands creation. The disciples move from fear of the storm to a greater, holy fear of Jesus Himself. Their question, "Who then is this?" is the question Mark wants every reader to answer.

Show What You Know

  1. According to the sower, what makes the difference in whether the word bears fruit?

  2. What does the parable of the seed growing secretly teach?

  3. Why is calming the sea a sign of Jesus' divinity?

  4. How did the disciples' fear change?

  5. What question does Mark want every reader to answer?

Crossword

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Across

  1. What the wind and sea became.
  2. A big one came on the lake.
  3. Jesus said ____, be still.

Down

  1. Jesus slept on one in the boat.
  2. God's Kingdom is like a tiny ____ seed.
  3. In the farmer story it is God's word.

Think About It

  1. Jesus slept peacefully in the storm. What does that show about trusting the Father?

  2. How would you answer the disciples' question, Who then is this?

Memory Verse

They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Mark 4:41 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus said the measure you give will be the measure you receive. How could you be more generous with what God has taught you?
  • How can you rest in Jesus when life feels stormy?
  • What is one specific way you could live out this chapter this week?

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