Mark 4:13
New International Version
Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

New Living Translation
Then Jesus said to them, “If you can’t understand the meaning of this parable, how will you understand all the other parables?

English Standard Version
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

Berean Literal Bible
And He says to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?

King James Bible
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

New King James Version
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

NASB 1995
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

NASB 1977
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?

Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

Amplified Bible
Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?

Christian Standard Bible
Then he said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?

American Standard Version
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He said to them, “Do you not know this parable? How shall you know all the parables?”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus then told them: If you don't understand this story, you won't understand any others.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this parable? and how shall you know all parables?

English Revised Version
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus asked them, "Don't you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?

Good News Translation
Then Jesus asked them, "Don't you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable?

International Standard Version
Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?

Literal Standard Version
And He says to them, “Have you not known this allegory? And how will you know all the allegories?

Majority Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

New American Bible
Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

NET Bible
He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

New Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?

New Heart English Bible
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all of the parables?

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Weymouth New Testament
"Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"

World English Bible
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to them, 'Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable of the Sower Explained
12so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’ ” 13Then Jesus said to them, Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables? 14The farmer sows the word.…

Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And He told them many things in parables, saying, "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 13:18
Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

Mark 4:14
The farmer sows the word.

Luke 8:11
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.


Treasury of Scripture

And he said to them, Know you not this parable? and how then will you know all parables?

Know.

Mark 7:17,18
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable…

Matthew 13:51,52
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord…

Matthew 15:15-17
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable…

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1. The parable of the sower,
14. and the meaning thereof.
21. We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others.
26. The parable of the seed growing secretly;
30. and of the mustard seed.
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(13) How then will ye know all parables?--The question is peculiar to St. Mark, and suggests the thought of our Lord as contemplating for His disciples an ever-growing insight, not only into His own spoken parables, but into those of nature and of life. But if they were such slow scholars in this early stage, how was that insight to be imparted? The question is followed up by the answer. The first lesson in interpreting is given in that which is a pattern and exemplar of the method of interpretation.

Verse 13. - Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables? that is, "How, then, can you expect to understand all parables, as they ought to do who are instructed unto the kingdom of heaven?" It is St. Mark alone who recalls and records these words. They are striking and vivid, as illustrating the condition of mind of the disciples at this time - slow of apprehension, and yet desirous to learn.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[Jesus] said
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Do you not understand
οἴδατε (oidate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

this
ταύτην (tautēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

parable?
παραβολὴν (parabolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.

Then
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

how
πῶς (pōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

will you understand
γνώσεσθε (gnōsesthe)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

[any of]
πάσας (pasas)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

the
τὰς (tas)
Article - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

parables?
παραβολὰς (parabolas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.


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