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Mark 4:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching, "
Mark 4:2
Verse in Context
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1 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
2 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
3 “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.
4 As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
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Mark 4:1
"Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea."
Mark 4:3
"“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow."
Mark 4:4
"As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it."
Mark 4:5
"Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil."
Mark 4:6
"When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away."
Mark 4:7
"Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit."
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