Mark 4:2

Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.

3"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:3He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.

Matthew 13:34All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,

Mark 4:11"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

Mark 12:38Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,

John 18:19So the High Priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and 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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