Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

New American Standard Bible

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He would speak the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.

International Standard Version

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

A Conservative Version

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;

An Understandable Version

And He spoke "the word" to them [i.e., the crowds] with as many such parables as they were able to receive.

Anderson New Testament

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

Bible in Basic English

And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

Common New Testament

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Thus he instructed them by such a variety of parables as were adapted to their capacity.

Darby Translation

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,

Godbey New Testament

And in many such parables He continued to speak the word to them, as they were able to hear.

Goodspeed New Testament

With many such figures he told them the message, as far as they were able to receive it.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].

Modern King James verseion

And with many such parables He spoke the Word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And with many such similitudes he preached the word unto them, after as they might hear it.

Moffatt New Testament

In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;

Montgomery New Testament

With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;

NET Bible

So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

New Heart English Bible

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Noyes New Testament

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

Sawyer New Testament

And with many such parables spoke he the word to them as they could hear;

The Emphasized Bible

And, with many such parables as these, was he speaking unto them the word, - according as they were able to hear;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And with many such like parables spake he to them the word.

Twentieth Century New Testament

With many such parables Jesus used to speak to the people of his Message, as far as they were able to receive it;

Webster

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Weymouth New Testament

With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it.

Williams New Testament

With many stories like these He kept on telling them the message, as far as they could understand it.

World English Bible

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Worrell New Testament

And with many such parables He spake the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Worsley New Testament

And in many such parables spake He the word to them, as they had ability to hear it: but spake not to them without a parable.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

with
τοιοῦτος 
Toioutos 
Usage: 51

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

τοιοῦτος 
Toioutos 
Usage: 51

παραβολή 
Parabole 
Usage: 38

spake he
λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

the word
λόγος 
Logos 
word, saying, account, speech, Word , thing, not tr,
Usage: 256


Usage: 0

as
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

δύναμαι 
Dunamai 
can , cannot , be able, may , able,
Usage: 140

to hear
ἀκούω 
Akouo 
Usage: 313

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Mustard Seed

32 and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.' 33 And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear, 34 and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

Cross References

John 16:12

I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear them now;

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

Hebrews 5:11-14

concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,

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