Mark 4:34
and without an allegory He was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to His disciples He was expounding all.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
33And with many such allegories He was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
35And He says to them on that day, evening having come, “We may pass over to the other side”;
Cross References
Matthew 13:36Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came into the house, and His disciples came near to Him, saying, “Explain to us the allegory of the darnel of the field.”
Mark 4:10And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,
Luke 8:9And His disciples were questioning Him, saying, “What may this allegory be?”
Luke 24:44and He said to them, “These [are] the words that I spoke to you, being yet with you, that it is necessary to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about 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 →