Mark 4:34
But without a parable he did not speak to them; but when alone, he explained all things to his disciples.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
35And on the same day, when it was evening, he said to them: Let us go over to the opposite side.
Cross References
Matthew 13:36Then Jesus left the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him and said: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
Mark 4:10And when he was alone, those who were about him, with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable.
Luke 8:9And the disciples asked him, saying: What does this parable mean?
Luke 24:44And he said to them: These are the words that I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled that are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:22-35
The Gradual Advance of the Gospel. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be… Read the whole commentary →