Mark 4:2
1 Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
- KJV
- And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
- WEB
- He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
- ASV
- And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
- DARBY
- And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,
- BLB
- And He was teaching them many things in parables, and He was saying to them in His teaching,
- ÅB
- Og han lærte dem meget i lignelser, og sa til dem idet han lærte:
- OTB
- Han lærte dem mange ting ved hjelp av lignelser, og i sin undervisning sa Han til dem:
- B1930
- Og han lærte dem meget i lignelser, og sa til dem idet han lærte:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:34–35
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
Read in contextMark 3:23
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
Read in contextMark 4:11
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,
Read in contextMatthew 13:10
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
Read in contextMatthew 13:3
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Read in contextPsalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Read in contextPsalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
Read in contextJohn 7:16–17
“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
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