Mark 4:13

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“Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?”

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BSBPD

“Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 4:13 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 13:18Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
  2. Matthew 13:51Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
  3. Matthew 15:15Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
  4. Matthew 16:8Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?
  5. Mark 7:17After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
  6. Luke 8:11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
  7. Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
  9. Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
  10. Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

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