Mark 4:2

Then he began teaching them in parables many things. In his teaching he said to them.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

In Context

1Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water’s edge.

3"Listen! the Sower once went out to sow,

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Cross References

Matthew 13:3Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow;

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

Mark 4:11He 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,

Mark 12:38and in his teaching he said. "Look out for the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and to receive salutations in the street, and to have prominent places in the synagogues,

John 18:19Then the 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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