"And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine," — Mark 4:2

Mark 4:2 · KJV

“And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,”

— Mark 4:2

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

Verse 3

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

Mark 4 — Context

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

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

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

Cross References

Mark 3:23

And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Mark 4:11

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all {these} things are done in parables:

Matthew 13:3

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Psalms 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Mark 4:33-34

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear {it}.