Mark 4:2
“And he taught them many things by parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,”
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Mark 4:2 Context
1And he beganne againe to teach by the Sea side: and there was gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that he entred into a ship, and sate in the Sea: and the whole multitude was by the Sea on the land. 2And he taught them many things by parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine, 3Hearken, Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4And it came to passe as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules of the aire came, & deuoured it vp.
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Other Translations
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
- King James Version
And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
- Basic English Bible
And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,
- Darby Bible
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
- Webster's Bible
Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
- Weymouth Bible
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
- World English Bible
And he tauyte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techyng,
- Wycliffe Bible
and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version
And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
- Basic English Bible
And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,
- Darby Bible
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
- Webster's Bible
Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
- Weymouth Bible
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
- World English Bible
And he tauyte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techyng,
- Wycliffe Bible
and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Mark 4:2
4:2 He taught them many things by parables - After the usual manner of the eastern nations, to make his instructions more agreeable to them, and to impress them the more upon attentive hearers. A parable signifies not only a simile or comparison, and sometimes a proverb, but any kind of instructive speech, wherein spiritual things are explained and illustrated by natural, #Prov 1:6|. To understand a proverb and the interpretation - The proverb is the literal sense, the interpretation is the spiritual resting in the literal sense killeth, but the spiritual giveth life.