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 was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, 12so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven.” And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? 14The sower sows the word. 15These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been 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

• And He saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• Howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• will you understandγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Mark 4:13

• Mark 7:17When He had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.
• Matthew 13:51“Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes.”
• Matthew 15:15Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”
• Matthew 16:8But Jesus, aware of this, said, “You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?
• Luke 24:25And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
• 1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.
• Hebrews 5:11Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
• Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous 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