Bible verse
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
Mark 4:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 4.
9 Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
11 He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
12 so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
14 The farmer sows the word.
15 Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
17 But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
KJV
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
ASV
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
ERV
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
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