Mark 4:2

He taught them many things in parables, ¹  and in his teaching said to them:

biblegateway Mar 4:2

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

biblegateway Mar 4:2

And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

biblegateway Mar 4:2

He began to teach the people by telling many stories such as this one:

biblegateway Mar 4:2

He taught by using stories, many stories.

SABDAweb Mar 4:2

And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

bibleoremus Mar 4:2

He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:

biblegateway Mar 4:2

Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:

biblegateway Mar 4:2

He taught them many things in parables, ¹  and in his teaching said to them:

¹ sn Though parables can contain a variety of figures of speech (cf. 2:19-22; 3:23-25; 4:3-9, 26-32; 7:15-17; 13:28), many times they are simply stories that attempt to teach spiritual truth (which is unknown to the hearers) by using a comparison with something known to the hearers. In general, parables usually advance a single idea, though there may be many parts and characters in a single parable and subordinate ideas may expand the main idea further. The beauty of using the parable as a teaching device is that it draws the listener into the story, elicits an evaluation, and demands a response.