Mark 4:33

And by many such similitudes, similitudes such as they could hear, Jesus discoursed with the people.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

32and when it is sown it springeth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and produceth great branches, so that birds can lodge under its shadow.

34And without similitudes he did not converse with them: but to his disciples, between himself and them, he explained every thing.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, my Brethren, could not talk with you, as with spiritual persons, but as with the carnal, as with babes in Messiah.

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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