Mark 4:33
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
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
- With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
- KJV
- And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
- WEB
- With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
- ASV
- And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;
- DARBY
- And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,
- BLB
- And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear.
- ÅB
- Og i mange sådanne lignelser talte han ordet til dem, så meget som de kunne høre,
- OTB
- Med mange slike lignelser talte Han ordet til dem, så mye som de kunne forstå.
- B1930
- Og i mange sådanne lignelser talte han ordet til dem, så meget som de kunde høre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:34–35
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Read in contextJohn 16:12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:1–2
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Read in contextHebrews 5:11–14
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
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