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Mark 4:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, "
Mark 4:2
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And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
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Mark 4:1
"And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land."
Mark 4:3
"Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:"
Mark 4:4
"And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up."
Mark 4:5
"And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:"
Mark 4:6
"But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away."
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