Mark 4:2

Then he taught them many truths in parables; and in the course of his teaching he said to them:

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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

1Jesus again began to teach by the sea; and, as an immense crowd was gathering around him, he got into a boat, and sat in it on the sea, while all the people were on the shore at the water’s edge.

3“Listen! The sower went out to sow;

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Cross References

Psalms 78:2as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.

Matthew 13:3Then he told them many truths in parables. “The sower,” he began, “went out to sow; and,

Matthew 13:34Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,

Mark 4:11and he said, “To you the hidden truth of the kingdom of God has been imparted; but to those who are outside it all teaching takes the form of parables so that –

Mark 12:38In the course of his teaching, Jesus said, “See that you are on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,

John 18:19The 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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