Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
KJV
Καὶ τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον, καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν·
Greek NT
Et talibus multis parabolis loquebatur eis verbum, prout poterant audire :
Vulgate
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;
ASV
And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
τοιοῦτος
toioutos
demonstrative · 57×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:1 — And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
- 2Tim 2:15 — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
- Heb 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
- John 16:12 — I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- John 16:12 — I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- Mark 12:1 — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went
- Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
- Matt 13:10 — And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
- Matt 13:34 — All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
- Matt 13:34 — All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: