Mark 4:10

Mark 4:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
• New International Version (NIV)When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

Context of Mark 4:10

8And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. 9And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him [as to] the parables. 11And he said to them, To you is given [to know] the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables, 12that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.

Mark 4:10 word by word

Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο κατὰ μόνας, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν σὺν τοῖς δώδεκα τὰς παραβολάς.Read the interlinear

• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• aloneμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
• askedἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
• parablesπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850

Cross-references for Mark 4:10

• Mark 4:34but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.
• Mark 7:17And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
• Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
• Matthew 13:10And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
• Matthew 13:36Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field.
• Luke 8:9And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?

Commentaries on Mark 4:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They that were about him - None of the other evangelists intimate that there were any besides the twelve with him: but it appears there were several others present; and though they were not styled disciples, yet they appear to have seriously attended to his public and private instructions.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-13Verses 10-13 See the notes at Matthew 13:10-17. On Mark 4:12, see the notes at John 12:39-40. When he was alone - That is, separate from the multitude. When he withdrew from the multitude a few followed him for the purpose of more instruction. Mark 4:13 Know ye not this parable? - This which is so plain and obvious. How then will ye know all parables? - Those which are more difficult and obscure. As they were themselves to be “teachers,” it was important…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The scene changes from Jesus teaching a large crowd from a boat to being alone with the Twelve and those around Him. They ask Jesus about all the parables (4:33–34), not just this one.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve--probably those who followed Him most closely and were firmest in discipleship, next to the Twelve. asked of him the parable--The reply would seem to intimate that this parable of the sower was of that fundamental, comprehensive, and introductory character which we have assigned to it (see on Mt 13:1). Reason for Teaching in Parables (Mr 4:11, 12, 21-25).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 4:10

• Apostasy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Sermon
• Sower
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Alone
• Care
• Cast
• Comparison
• Doctrine
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Parable
• mystery, hidden truth
• sow, sower, plant, planted, replanted, transplanted

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