Mark 4:2
Good News Translation
He used parables to teach them many things, saying to them:

New Revised Standard Version
He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:

Contemporary English Version
He used stories to teach them many things, and this is part of what he taught:

New American Bible
And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

by parables.

Mark 4:11,34 And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in parables: . . .

Mark 3:23 And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

Psalm 49:4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

Matthew 13:3,10,34,35 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow. . . .

in his.

Mark 12:38 And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes and to be saluted in the marketplace,

Matthew 7:28 And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.

John 7:16,17 Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. . . .

John 18:19 The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples and of his doctrine.

Context
The Parable of the Sower
1And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship and sat in the sea: and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side. 2And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine: 3Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Mark 3:23
And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 4:3
Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Mark 4:11
And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in parables:

Mark 10:1
And rising up from thence, he cometh into the coast of Judea beyond the Jordan: and the multitude flocked to him again. And as he was accustomed, he taught them again.

Mark 12:1
And he began to speak to them in parables: A certain man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it and dug a place for the winefat and built a tower and let it to husbandmen: and went into a far country.

Mark 4:1
Top of Page
Top of Page