Mark 4:13

Mark 4:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

Context of Mark 4:13

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. And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables? 14The sower sows the word: 15and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Mark 4:13 word by word

Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην; καὶ πῶς πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς γνώσεσθε;Read the interlinear

• saysλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459

Cross-references for Mark 4:13

• Mark 7:17And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
• Matthew 13:51Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, [Lord].
• Matthew 15:15And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.
• Matthew 16:8And Jesus knowing [it], said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread?
• Luke 24:25And he said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
• 1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.
• Hebrews 5:11Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.
• Revelation 3:19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.

Commentaries on Mark 4:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Know ye not this parable? - The scope and design of which is so very obvious. How then will ye know all parables? - Of which mode of teaching ye should be perfect masters, in order that ye may be able successfully to teach others. This verse is not found in any of the other evangelists.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. 13If people who heard Jesus could not understand the parable, they might not receive the gift of belonging to God’s Kingdom. But even his own disciples needed Jesus to explain the parables.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?--Probably this was said not so much in the spirit of rebuke, as to call their attention to the exposition of it which He was about to give, and so train them to the right apprehension of His future parables. As in the parables which we have endeavored to explain in Mt 13., we shall take this parable and the Lord's own exposition of the different parts of it together.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 4:13

• Apostasy
• Apostles
• 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
• 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