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Literal Standard Version

Mark 4:2

and He taught them many things in allegories, and He said to them in His teaching:

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:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he taught them many things in parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,
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

1And again He began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered to Him a great multitude, so that He, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, 2and He taught them many things in allegories, and He said to them in His teaching:3"Listen, behold, the sower went forth to sow; 4and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the birds of the sky came and devoured it; 5and other fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of having no depth of earth, 6and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of having no root it withered; 7and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it gave no fruit; 8and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it was bearing, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one a hundred." 9And He said to them, "He who is having ears to hear—let him hear." 10And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,

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
YHWH God sends him forth from the Garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he has been taken;
Genesis 4:25
And Adam again knows his wife, and she bears a son, and calls his name Seth, "for God has appointed for me another seed instead of Abel": for Cain had slain him.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he calls his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the Name of YHWH.
Genesis 9:20
And Noah remains a man of the ground, and plants a vineyard,
Genesis 37:13
and Israel says to Joseph, "Are your brothers not feeding in Shechem? Come, and I send you to them"; and he says to him, "Here I [am]";
Genesis 47:3
and Pharaoh says to his brothers, "What [are] your works?" And they say to Pharaoh, "Your servants [are] feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers";
Exodus 3:1
And Moses has been feeding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, priest of Midian, and he leads the flock behind the wilderness, and comes to the mountain of God, to Horeb;
Psalms 127:3
Behold, sons [are] an inheritance of YHWH, || The fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Amos 7:15
and YHWH takes me from after the flock, and YHWH says to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.
Luke 11:51
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, it will be required from 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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