Mark 4:2

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Mark 4:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

2 And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Mark 4:11

He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

Mark 4:34

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

Mark 3:23

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Psalms 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

Matthew 13:3

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 13:10

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

Matthew 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Matthew 13:35

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Mark 12:38

In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

Matthew 7:28

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

John 7:16

“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

John 7:17

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

John 18:19

Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.