Mark 4:13
And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 13:51Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
Matthew 16:8And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?
Luke 8:11Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
1 Corinthians 3:1And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
Revelation 3:19To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
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 →