Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
KJV
χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς, κατ’ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς ἐπέλυεν πάντα.
Greek NT
sine parabola autem non loquebatur eis : seorsum autem discipulis suis disserebat omnia.
Vulgate
and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
ASV
And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χωρίς
choris
adverb · 41×
ἐπιλύω
epiluo
verb · 2×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς | WH/NIV: ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς | Treg/RP: μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ
- ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς — SBLGNT
- ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 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 …
1. Whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame Philippians 3:19, said Paul of certain persons, writing to the Philippians. Now that the Jews were of this character is clear, both from what has gone before, and from what they came and said to Christ. For when He gave them bread, and filled their bellies, they said that He was a Prophet, and sought to make Him a K…
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
Cross-references
- Acts 20:20 — And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
- Isa 8:16 — Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
- John 16:25 — These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
- Luke 8:9 — And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
- Luke 8:9 — And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
- Luke 24:27 — And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
- Mark 4:10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
- Mark 4:10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
- Mark 7:17 — And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
- Mark 13:3 — And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
- Matt 13:36 — Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
- Matt 13:51 — Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
- Matt 15:15 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
- Prov 1:6 — To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- Ps 78:2 — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: