Mark 4:34 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He did not tell them anything without a parable; but privately to His disciples (those who were peculiarly His own) He explained everything [fully].

American Standard Version (1901)

and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.

Common English Bible

He spoke to them only in parables, then explained everything to his disciples when he was alone with them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But he did not speak to them without a parable. Yet separately, he explained all things to his disciples.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.

Mark 4:34 Cross References

Matthew 13:34

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

Mark 4:10

And when He was alone those people who gathered around Him, along with the twelve apostles, asked Him what the parables meant.

Mark 4:33

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

Luke 24:27

Then, beginning from [the writings of] Moses and all the prophets, Jesus explained to the two men about the things referring to Himself [contained] in all these Scripture passages.

John 10:6

Jesus told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate his teaching] but they did not understand what it meant.

John 16:25

“I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. [However], the time will come when I will not speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Acts 28:23

And when they had arranged a day, large numbers of people came to Paul's house. He explained [everything to them], testifying from morning until evening concerning the kingdom of God and concerning [the Messiahship of] Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and from [the writings of] the prophets.