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Geneva Bible

Mark 4:2

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Sermon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Teacher, Divine;   Teaching;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Parables;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocalyptic;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Education in Bible Times;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Mental Characteristics;   Preaching (2);   Premeditation;   Seed (2);   Teaching of Jesus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doctrine;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;   Parable;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
King James Version (1611)
And he taught them many things by parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,
King James Version
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
English Standard Version
And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
New American Standard Bible
And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
New Century Version
Jesus taught them many things, using stories. He said,
Amplified Bible
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
Legacy Standard Bible
And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
Berean Standard Bible
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
Contemporary English Version
He used stories to teach them many things, and this is part of what he taught:
Complete Jewish Bible
He taught them many things in parables. In the course of his teaching, he said to them:
Darby Translation
And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus used stories to teach them many things. One of his lessons included this story:
George Lamsa Translation
And he taught them much by parables, and in his teaching he said,
Good News Translation
He used parables to teach them many things, saying to them:
Lexham English Bible
And he began to teach them many things in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching,
Literal Translation
And He taught them many things in parables, and said to them in His teaching:
American Standard Version
And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
Bible in Basic English
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
Hebrew Names Version
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
International Standard Version
He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,Mark 12:38;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he instructed them by many parables, and said in his teaching,
Murdock Translation
And he taught them much by similitudes. And in his teaching, he said:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he taught them many thinges by parables, and sayde vnto them in his doctrine.
English Revised Version
And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
World English Bible
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching, Hearken:
Weymouth's New Testament
Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he tauyte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techyng,
Update Bible Version
And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching,
Webster's Bible Translation
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
New English Translation
He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:
New King James Version
Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:
New Living Translation
He taught them by telling many stories in the form of parables, such as this one:
New Life Bible
He taught them many things by using picture-stories. As He taught, He said,
New Revised Standard
He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he began to teach them, in parables, many things, and was saying unto them, in his teaching -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine:
Revised Standard Version
And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he taught them many thynges in similitudes and sayde vnto them in his doctrine:
Young's Literal Translation
and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he preached longe vnto the by parables, and sayde vnto the in his doctryne:
Mace New Testament (1729)
then he addressed himself to them in many parables, and thus began his instructions.
Simplified Cowboy Version
He taught them a lot of things by telling them stories. He said,

Contextual Overview

1 And hee began againe to teache by the sea side, and there gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that hee entred into a shippe, and sate in the sea, and all the people was by the sea side on the land. 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe. 4 And it came to passe as he sowed, that some fell by the way side, and the foules of the heauen came, and deuoured it vp. 5 And some fell on stonie grounde, where it had not much earth, and by and by sprang vp, because it had not depth of earth. 6 But assoone as ye Sunne was vp, it was burnt vp, and because it had not roote, it withered away. 7 And some fell among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, so that it gaue no fruite. 8 Some againe fell in good grounde, and did yeelde fruite that sprong vp, and grewe, and it brought foorth, some thirtie folde, some sixtie folde, and some an hundreth folde. 9 Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare. 10 And whe he was alone, they that were about him with the twelue, asked him of ye parable.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by parables: Mark 4:11, Mark 4:34, Mark 3:23, Psalms 49:4, Psalms 78:2, Matthew 13:3, Matthew 13:10, Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35

in his: Mark 12:38, Matthew 7:28, John 7:16, John 7:17, John 18:19

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 17:7 - to teach Mark 2:2 - straightway Mark 12:1 - he began Luke 5:3 - he sat Luke 8:5 - sower

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him.
Genesis 4:26
And to ye same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enosh. Then beganne men to call vpon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 9:20
Noah also began to be an husband man and planted a vineyard.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren keepe in Shechem? come and I will send thee to them.
Genesis 47:3
Then Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And they answered Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both we and our fathers.
Exodus 3:1
When Moses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, Priest of Midian, & droue the flocke to the backe side of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horeb,
Psalms 127:3
Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde.
Amos 7:15
And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.
Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias, which was slaine betweene the altar and the Temple: verely I say vnto you, it shall be required of this generation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he taught them many things by parables,.... As he sat in the ship, and they stood on shore;

and said unto them in his doctrine; as he was teaching them, and delivering unto them the doctrine he had received from his Father: though the Jews say c, that

"the Israelites will have no need לתלמודו של מלך משיח, "of the doctrine of the king Messiah, in the time to come"; because it is said, "unto him shall the Gentiles seek", and not the Israelites.''

But it appears from hence, and many other places, that the Israelites both stood in need of his doctrine, and sought after it; and very excellent it was; the doctrine of God, and of the grace of God; and was spoken with authority, and in such a manner as never man spake, and which he delivered to his apostles; and which, if ministers bring not with them, should not be bid God speed.

c Bereshit Rabba, sect 98. fol. 85. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.


 
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