Mark 4:10

And when he became alone, those around him, with the twelve, asked him the parable.

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In The King James Version

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

In Context

9And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

11And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, all things occur in parables.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:10And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables?

Mark 4:34And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples.

Luke 8:9And his disciples questioned him, saying, What is this parable?

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21

The Parable of the Sower. 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. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 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. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →

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