Mark 4:13

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He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

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  • Rev 3:19 : 19 All those 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 about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away. 22 The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing. 23 But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”
  • Matt 13:51-52 : 51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied,“Yes.” 52 Then he said to them,“Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”
  • Matt 15:15-17 : 15 But Peter said to him,“Explain this parable to us.” 16 Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?
  • Matt 16:8-9 : 8 When Jesus learned of this, he said,“You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread? 9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
  • Mark 7:17-18 : 17 Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
  • Luke 8:11-15 : 11 “Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away. 14 As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 So he said to them,“You foolish people– how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 Immaturity and Self-deception So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,
  • Heb 5:11-14 : 11 The Need to Move on to Maturity On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing. 12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food. 13 For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

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  • Mark 4:9-12
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    9And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

    10The Purpose of Parables When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

    11He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

  • Matt 13:13-15
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    13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

    14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

    15For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

  • Luke 8:9-11
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    9Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

    10He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

    11“Now the parable means this: 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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    9The one who has ears had better listen!”

    10Then the disciples came to him and said,“Why do you speak to them in parables?”

    11He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

  • John 10:6
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    6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15But Peter said to him,“Explain this parable to us.”

    16Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

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

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

    18Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

  • Matt 13:34-36
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    34The Purpose of Parables Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

    35This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:“I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

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  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

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    45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

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    14The sower sows the word.

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    51“Have you understood all these things?” They replied,“Yes.”

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    23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

    24And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

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    2He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

    3“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

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    17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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    34But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

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    39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

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    26The Parable of the Growing Seed He also said,“The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

    27He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

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    32But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

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    18On the Kingdom of God Thus Jesus asked,“What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

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    15The one who has ears had better listen!

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    41Then Peter said,“Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?”

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    20Again he said,“To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

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    3So Jesus told them this parable: