Mark 4:33

Mark 4:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
• New International Version (NIV)With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.

Context of Mark 4:33

31It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground. 32And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.” He was speaking the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand. 34He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, he explained everything to his own disciples. 35On that day, when evening had come, he told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.”

Mark 4:33 word by word

Καὶ τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• withτοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• parablesπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
• spake heλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• they were ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• to hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191

Cross-references for Mark 4:33

• Matthew 13:34Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable,
• John 16:12“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.
• Hebrews 5:11We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

Commentaries on Mark 4:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33With many such parables - , many, is omitted by L, sixteen others; the Syriac, both the Persic, one Arabic, Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopic, and two of the Itala. Mill approves of the omission, and Griesbach leaves it doubtful. It is probably an interpolation: the text reads better without it. As they were able to hear - , or to understand always suiting his teaching to the capacities of his hearers. I have always found that preacher most useful, who could…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Spake he the word - The word of God. The doctrines of his gospel. As they were able to hear it - As they could comprehend it. They were like children; and he was obliged to lead them along cautiously and by degrees to a full understanding of the plan of salvation.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-34Verses 21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. This parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the place it ought to have in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-34Mark’s summary of this section shows that 4:3–32 is a collection of parables. It is not a record of what Jesus taught on one specific day in the order in which he taught it. Jesus privately explained the parables to the disciples. This shows that they were not outsiders, even though they sometimes did not understand (compare 4:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it--Had this been said in the corresponding passage of Matthew, we should have concluded that what that Evangelist recorded was but a specimen of other parables spoken on the same occasion. But Matthew (Mt 13:34) says, "All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables"; and as Mark records only some of the parables which Matthew gives, we are warranted to…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings