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The Parable of the Sower Explained

Mark 4:13

In 9 translations

BSB
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
KJV
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
WEB
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
ASV
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
LSV
And He says to them, “Have you not known this allegory? And how will you know all the allegories?
YLT
And he saith to them, 'Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
DBY
And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?
DRC
And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this parable? and how shall you know all parables?
GNV
Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην, καὶ πῶς πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς γνώσεσθε;
RP2018
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην; Καὶ πῶς πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς γνώσεσθε;
TR-Boyd
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην; Καὶ πῶς πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς γνώσεσθε;
SCR1894
και λεγει αυτοις ουκ οιδατε την παραβολην ταυτην και πως πασας τας παραβολας γνωσεσθε

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
  • Hebrews 5:11–14We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing. Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need…
  • Mark 7:17–18After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable. “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  • Matthew 13:18–23Consider, then, the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.…
  • Luke 8:11–15Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be…
  • 1 Corinthians 3:1–2Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
  • Matthew 15:15–17Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.” “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked. “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
  • Matthew 16:8–9Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and…
  • Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • Matthew 13:51–52Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered. Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new…

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