The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Mark 4:34
In 9 translations
- BSB
- He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
- KJV
- But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
- WEB
- Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
- ASV
- and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
- LSV
- and without an allegory He was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to His disciples He was expounding all.
- YLT
- and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.
- DBY
- but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.
- DRC
- And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.
- GNV
- And without parables spake hee nothing vnto them: but he expounded all thinges to his disciples apart.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἰδίοις (“to [His] own”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτοῦ (“of him”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of κατ᾽: Tyndale House: καθ᾽.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς, κατʼ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς ἐπέλυεν πάντα.
- RP2018
- χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς· κατ’ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπέλυεν πάντα.
- TR-Boyd
- χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς· κατ᾿ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπέλυε πάντα.
- SCR1894
- χωρις δε παραβολης ουκ ελαλει αυτοις κατ ιδιαν δε τοις μαθηταις αυτου επελυεν παντα
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- Mark 4:10As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
- Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
- Matthew 13:36–43Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The…
- Matthew 15:15–20Peter 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? But the things that come…
- Luke 8:9–10Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant. He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not…
- Mark 7:17–23After 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,…
- Luke 24:44–46Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” Then He opened their minds…
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