34He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.


In Context

31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground.

32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade."

33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.

34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side."

36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.

Mark 4:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:34And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:34and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:34and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34But without a parable he spoke not to them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:34and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:34But without a parable spoke he not to them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.