Mark 4:33 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And He spoke “the word” to them [i.e., the crowds] with as many such parables as they were able to receive.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

With many such parables [Jesus] spoke the Word to them, as they were able to hear and to comprehend and understand.

American Standard Version (1901)

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

Common English Bible

With many such parables he continued to give them the word, as much as they were able to hear.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to hear.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear.

Mark 4:33 Cross References

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.

Mark 4:32

even though it is the least [significant] of all seeds on earth, becomes larger than all other plants. It develops huge branches so that the birds of the sky can roost in their shade.”

Mark 4:34

And He did not speak to them [i.e., concerning the kingdom] without using a parable, but He explained everything to His own disciples privately.

John 16:12

“I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them at present.