Mark 4:13

And He says to them, “Have you not known this allegory? And how will you know all the allegories?

Literal Standard Version

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

12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.”

14He who is sowing sows the word;

Read all of Mark 4

Cross References

Matthew 13:51Jesus says to them, “Did you understand all these?” They say to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

Matthew 16:8And Jesus having known, said to them, “Why reason you in yourselves, you of little faith, because you took no loaves?

Luke 8:11And this is the allegory: the seed is the word of God,

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly—as to babies in Christ;

Revelation 3:19As many as I cherish, I convict and discipline; be zealous, then, and convert;

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Mark 4:13