Mark 4:10
And when he was alone they who were about him with the twelve questioned him as to the parables;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
9And he was saying—He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!
Cross References
Matthew 13:10And the disciples, coming near, said to him, Wherefore, in parables, art thou speaking to them?
Mark 4:34but, without a parable, was he not speaking unto them,—privately, however, unto his own disciples, was he explaining all things.
Luke 8:9But his disciples began to question him—What might, this very, parable be?
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 →