Mark 4:13

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He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

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  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
  • Matt 13:18-23 : 18 So listen to the parable of the sower. 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22 The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears and understands the word. This person produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.
  • Matt 13:51-52 : 51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." 52 Then he said to them, "For this reason, every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom both new treasures and old ones."
  • Matt 15:15-17 : 15 Then Peter spoke up and said to him, “Explain this parable to us.” 16 Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?” 17 Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is expelled into the latrine?
  • Matt 16:8-9 : 8 Aware of this, Jesus said, "You of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves about not having bread? 9 Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you gathered?
  • Mark 7:17-18 : 17 When He went into the house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable. 18 And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
  • Luke 8:11-15 : 11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12 The seed along the path represents those who hear, but then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so they cannot believe and be saved. 13 The seed on the rocky ground represents those who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in times of testing, they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people but as those who are worldly, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, because you were not able to receive it. Even now, you are still not able.
  • Heb 5:11-14 : 11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you have become dull in hearing. 12 By this time you ought to be teachers, but instead you need someone to teach you again the elementary truths of God's word, and you need milk, not solid food. 13 For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is still an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, those who through practice have trained their senses to discern good from evil.

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  • Mark 4:9-12
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    9Then Jesus said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

    10When he was alone, those around him, along with the twelve, asked him about the parable.

    11He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything is spoken in parables.

    12"So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.'

  • Matt 13:13-15
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    13That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

    15For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.

  • Luke 8:9-11
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    9Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

    10And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

    11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21Then he said to them, 'Do you still not understand?'

  • Matt 13:9-11
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    9Let anyone who has ears listen.

    10Then the disciples approached him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

    11Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them.

  • John 10:6
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    6Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

  • Matt 13:18
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    18So listen to the parable of the sower.

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15Then Peter spoke up and said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”

    16Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?”

  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33With many such parables, he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand.

    34He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately, he explained everything to his disciples.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17Aware of this, Jesus said to them, 'Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you still not understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?'

    18Do you have eyes and not see, and ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

  • Matt 13:34-36
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    34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.

    35This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'

    36Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, 'Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.'

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

  • Luke 9:45
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    45But they did not understand what this meant; it was hidden from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

  • Mark 4:30
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    30He also said, 'To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable can we illustrate it?'

  • Mark 4:14
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    14The sower sows the word.

  • Matt 13:51
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    51Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord."

  • Mark 4:23-24
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    23If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.

    24He said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and more will be added to you.

  • Mark 4:2-3
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    2He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, he told them:

    3Listen! A sower went out to sow.

  • Mark 7:16-17
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    16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

    17When He went into the house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

  • Luke 18:34
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    34The disciples understood none of this. The meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what he was saying.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39He also told them a parable: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?"

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    26He also said, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man scatters seed on the ground.

    27He sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.

  • Mark 9:32
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    32But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

  • Luke 13:18
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    18Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Matt 21:45
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    45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew he was speaking about them.

  • Luke 12:41
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    41Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"

  • Luke 13:20
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    20Again he asked, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

  • Luke 15:3
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    3So He told them this parable, saying: