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

³³ 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

³³ And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ 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)

³³ And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

Common English Bible

³³ With many such parables he continued to give them the word, as much as they were able to hear.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to hear.

Mark 4:33 Cross References

John 16:12

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

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.