Mark 4:13 “Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how…”

Mark 4:13

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

Darby Translation

And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

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Cross references

“Know”

Revelation 3:19 Matthew 15:15–17 Luke 24:25 Hebrews 5:11–14 Mark 7:17 Mark 7:18

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

Matthew 15:15–17 · BSB

Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

Luke 24:25 · BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Hebrews 5:11–14 · BSB

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

Mark 7:17 · BSB

After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

Mark 7:18 · BSB

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

Also

Luke 8:11–15 Matthew 13:18–23

Luke 8:11–15 · BSB

Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Matthew 13:18–23 · BSB

Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’ ”

14The farmer sows the word.

Read Mark 4