Mark 4:2

And he taught them much by similitudes. And in his teaching, he said:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And again he began to teach by the side of the sea. And great multitudes were assembled about him; so that he embarked and sat in a ship on the sea, and all the multitude stood on the land by the side of the sea.

3Hear ye: Behold a sower went forth to sow.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:3An he discoursed with them much, by similitudes. And he said, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus discoursed to the multitude in similitudes; and without similitudes he did not discourse with them.

Mark 4:11And Jesus said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them without, all is in similitudes:

Mark 12:38And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and love the salutation in the streets,

John 18:19And the high priest interrogated Jesus respecting his disciples, and respecting his doctrine.

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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