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Mark 4:13

11 He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

12 so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

14 The farmer sows the word.

15 Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
KJV
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
WEB
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
ASV
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
DARBY
And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?
BLB
And He says to them, “Do you⁺ not know this parable? And how will you⁺ know all the parables?
ÅB
Og han sa til dem: Forstår dere ikke denne lignelse? Hvordan skal dere da skjønne alle lignelsene?
OTB
Så sa Han til dem, «Forstår dere ikke denne lignelsen? Hvordan skal dere da forstå noen lignelse?
B1930
Og han sa til dem: Forstår I ikke denne lignelse? Hvorledes skal I da skjønne alle lignelsene?

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