Mark 4:33

With many similar parables he spoke the word to them, to the extent that they were able to understand it.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

In Context

32Yet when it is sown, it grows and becomes larger than all the garden plants and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”

34He did not speak to them without using a parable, but privately he explained everything to his disciples.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; he did not speak to them without using a parable.

1 Corinthians 3:1And so, brothers, I could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

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 →

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