Mark 4:10
And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,
Literal Standard Version
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 to them, “He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
Cross References
Matthew 13:10And the disciples having come near, said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in allegories?”
Mark 4:34and without an allegory He was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to His disciples He was expounding all.
Luke 8:9And His disciples were questioning Him, saying, “What may this allegory be?”
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 →