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 planted in the ground. The mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds on earth. 32However, when planted, it comes up and becomes taller than all the garden plants. It grows such large branches that birds can nest in its shade.” Jesus spoke ⌞God’s⌟ word to them using many illustrations like these. In this way people could understand what he taught. 34He did not speak to them without using an illustration. But when he was alone with his disciples, he explained everything to them. 35That evening, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side.”

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 used illustrations to tell the crowds all these things. He did not tell them anything without illustrating it with a story.
• John 16:12“I have a lot more to tell you, but that would be too much for you now.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t talk to you as spiritual people but as people still influenced by your corrupt nature. You were infants in your faith in Christ.
• Hebrews 5:11We have a lot to explain about this. But since you have become too lazy to pay attention, explaining it to you is hard.

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