Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
He taught the people many things using parables [to illustrate His lessons]. In His teaching He said to them,
New American Standard Bible
And He was teaching them many things in
King James Version
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Holman Bible
He taught them many things in parables,
International Standard Version
He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,
A Conservative Version
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,
Amplified
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
Anderson New Testament
And he taught them many things in parables, and said to 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:
Common New Testament
Then he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching:
Daniel Mace New Testament
then he addressed himself to them in many parables, and thus began his instructions.
Darby Translation
And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,
Godbey New Testament
And He was teaching them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
Goodspeed New Testament
He taught them many lessons in figures, and said to them in the course of his teaching,
John Wesley New Testament
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching, Hearken:
Julia Smith Translation
And he taught them in parables many things, and said to them in his teaching,
King James 2000
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his teaching,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he began to teach them many [things] in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching,
Modern King James verseion
And He taught them many things by a parable. And He said to them in His teaching:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he taught them many things in similitudes, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Moffatt New Testament
He gave them many lessons in parables, and said to them in the course of his teaching:
Montgomery New Testament
Then he began teaching them in parables many things. In his teaching he said to them.
NET Bible
He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:
New Heart English Bible
And then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Noyes New Testament
And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching,
Sawyer New Testament
And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them, in his teaching,
The Emphasized Bible
And he began to teach them, in parables, many things, and was saying unto them, in his teaching -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he taught them in parables many things, and said unto them in the course of his teaching,
Twentieth Century New Testament
Then he taught them many truths in parables; and in the course of his teaching he said to them:
Webster
And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
Weymouth New Testament
Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
Williams New Testament
He continued teaching them by many stories. In His teaching He spoke to them as follows:
World English Bible
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Worrell New Testament
And He taught them many things in parables, and said to them in His teaching,
Worsley New Testament
And He taught them many things by similitudes, and said to them in his instruction,
Youngs Literal Translation
and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:
Themes
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Christ » Sufferings of » Teaching of
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The sower
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 4:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower
1 Jesus again began teaching along the shore of the lake [of Galilee]. A huge crowd gathered around Him so that He had to sit in a boat out in the lake [to speak to them], while all the crowd stood on the shore. 2 He taught the people many things using parables [to illustrate His lessons]. In His teaching He said to them, 3 "Listen carefully A farmer went out to plant seed,
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Cross References
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds with parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.
Mark 3:23
And He called them to Him and began speaking to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, "How can Satan drive out Satan?
Mark 4:11
He said to them, "You disciples are being given an understanding of the secret of the kingdom of God, but to outsiders everything will be told in parables.
Matthew 13:3
And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, "Once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.
Matthew 13:10
Jesus' disciples came and said to Him, "Why are you speaking to them [i.e., the large crowds] by using parables?"
Matthew 7:28
And so it happened when Jesus had finished [speaking] these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
Mark 4:33-34
And He spoke "the word" to them [i.e., the crowds] with as many such parables as they were able to receive.
Mark 12:38
In His teaching Jesus said, "Look out for the experts in the law of Moses, who like to walk around in long [flowing] robes and to receive special greetings at the open shopping markets
John 7:16-17
So, Jesus answered them, "What I am teaching is not mine, but [it belongs] to Him who sent me [i.e., to God].
John 18:19
Meanwhile, the head priest asked Jesus about His disciples and His teaching. [Note: This was probably Annas, the former "head priest" who later sent Jesus to the current head priest, Caiaphas. See verse 24].