Mark 4:2

Then He began teaching them many things by parables and said to them in His teaching:

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In The King James Version

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

In Context

1Once again He began to teach beside the sea. And a large crowd was gathered to Him, so that He got into the boat and sat down, out on the water, while the whole crowd was on the land, at the water's edge.

3“Listen! Yes, a sower went out to sow.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:3Then He spoke many things to them in parables saying: “Listen, a sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable He did not speak to them,

Mark 4:11So He said to them: “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, everything is being given in parables,

Mark 12:38Then He said to them in His teaching: “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes and to get greetings in the market places,

John 18:19Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.

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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