Mark 4:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹³ And Jesus continued to speak to them; “Do you not know what this parable means? Then how can you understand any of the other parables?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

Common English Bible

¹³ “Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And he said to them: "Do you not understand this parable? And so, how will you understand all the parables?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this parable? and how shall you know all parables?

Mark 4:13 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 4:14

A farmer planted ‘the word’ [i.e., the message of God].

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish men! How slow your minds are to believe everything the prophets have spoken [in their writings]!

Revelation 3:19

“I rebuke and discipline those I love, so be earnest and repent.