Mark 4:10

When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables.

Montgomery New Testament

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

9"Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this."

11He went on to say to them. "The secret truth concerning the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside everything is told in parables,

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Cross References

Matthew 13:10Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,

Mark 4:34and to them it was his practice never to speak except in parables. But he used to explain everything in private to his disciples.

Luke 8:9Then his disciples began to interrupt him, saying, "What does this parable mean?"

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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