Mark 4:33
And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:
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- John 16:12 : 12 I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.
- 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ. 2 I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
- Heb 5:11-14 : 11 Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing. 12 And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food. 13 For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child. 14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
- Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them: 35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
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34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
35That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
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34And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
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2And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
3A man went out to put seed in the earth:
4And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.
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7And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.
8And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.
9And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.
10And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
11And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
12So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.
13And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?
14The seed is the word.
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4And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
5A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
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30And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?
31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,
32But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.
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23If any man has ears, let him give ear.
24And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
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26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
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7And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.
8And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
9And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
10And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
11Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
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13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
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7And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
8And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
9He who has ears, let him give ear.
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23And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
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31He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:
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33Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
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15He who has ears, let him give ear.
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29And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;
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