Mark 4:13

Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will].

Matthew 13:18-23

“Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower:

Matthew 13:51-52

“Have you understood all these things [in the lessons of the parables]?” They said to Jesus, “Yes.”

Matthew 15:15-17

Peter asked Him, “Explain this parable [about what defiles a person] to us.”

Matthew 16:8-9

But Jesus, aware of this, said, “You men of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves that you have no bread?

Mark 7:17-18

When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

Luke 8:11-15

“Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to trust and believe in everything that the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ!

Hebrews 5:11-14

Concerning this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull and sluggish in [your spiritual] hearing and disinclined to listen.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Mark 4:13

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

General references

Proverbs 28:5

Mark 7:18

Bible References

General references

Evil men do not understand justice,
But they who long for and seek the Lord understand it fully.

And He said to them, “Are you, too, so foolish and lacking in understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile and dishonor him,