13Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?


In Context

10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.

11 He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said 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, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

14 The farmer sows the word.

15 Some people are like seed 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.

Mark 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this parable? and how shall you know all parables?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13And he said to them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13He said to them, |Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13And he saith to them, 'Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13And he said to them, Know you not this parable? and how then will you know all parables?