Mark 4:15

¹⁵And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.b

Mark 4 gathers Jesus’ parables about the kingdom of God, with the sower and the seed as the centerpiece. The chapter moves from public teaching to private explanation, revealing that the kingdom comes not through force but through the patient, mysterious growth of God’s word. Jesus’