Mark 4:2

and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

Young's Literal Translation

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 sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

3'Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

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Cross References

Psalms 78:2I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

Matthew 13:3and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

Mark 4:11and he said to them, 'To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

Mark 12:38and he was saying to them in his teaching, 'Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,

John 18:19The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning 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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