Mark 4:13 KJV — MannaFest

Mark 4:13

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.

Author: John Mark, companion of Peter (Acts 12:12; 1 Pet 5:13)
Date: c. AD 50–65

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Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
John 16:25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
1 Corinthians 3:1–2
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Hebrews 5:11–14
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

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If ye receive not this, ye will not know how to use the key by which ye must be let into all the rest." If we understand not the rules we are to observe in order to our profiting by the word, how shall we profit by any other rule? Observe, Before Christ expounds the parable, [1.] He shows them how sad their case was, who were not let into the meaning of the doctrine of Christ;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?--Probably this was said not so much in the spirit of rebuke, as to call their attention to the exposition of it which He was about to give, and so train them to the right apprehension of His future parables.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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