Mark 4:13

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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?

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.