马可福音 4:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

用比喻的目的（太13:10~17；路8:9~10）耶穌獨自一人的時候，那些經常跟著他的人和十二門徒，來問這些比喻的意義。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
无 人 的 时 候 ， 跟 随 耶 稣 的 人 和 十 二 个 门 徒 问 他 这 比 喻 的 意 思 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Again Jesus began teaching by the lake. A great crowd gathered around him, so he sat down in a boat near the shore. All the people stayed on the shore close to the water. ² Jesus taught them many things, using stories. He said, ³ "Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed. ⁴ While he was planting, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Some seed fell on rocky ground where there wasn't much dirt. That seed grew very fast, because the ground was not deep. ⁶ But when the sun rose, the plants dried up because they did not have deep roots. ⁷ Some other seed fell among thorny weeds, which grew and choked the good plants. So those plants did not produce a crop. ⁸ Some other seed fell on good ground and began to grow. It got taller and produced a crop. Some plants made thirty times more, some made sixty times more, and some made a hundred times more." ⁹ Then Jesus said, "Let those with ears use them and listen!" ¹⁰ Later, when Jesus was alone, the twelve apostles and others around him asked him about the stories.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 4:34, Mark 7:17, Proverbs 13:20, Matthew 13:10-17, Matthew 13:36, Luke 8:9-15

Reciprocal: Proverbs 28:5 - General Isaiah 8:16 - among Matthew 11:25 - because Matthew 17:19 - General Mark 9:28 - asked Mark 10:10 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 9:5
I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person's life.

Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "I have heard many complaints against the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. They are very evil.

Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptian slave masters hurt them. I am concerned about their pain,

Numbers 35:33
"‘Don't let murder spoil your land. The only way to remove the sin of killing an innocent person is for the murderer to be put to death.

Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, tell the truth. Confess to the Lord , the God of Israel. Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything from me."

2 Kings 9:26
‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons, says the Lord , so I will punish Ahab in his field, says the Lord .' Take Joram's body and throw it into the field, as the Lord has said."

Job 16:18
"Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don't let my cry ever stop being heard!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he was alone,.... After the multitude was dismissed, and he either remained in the ship, or left it, and retired to some private place, it may be to Simon's house in Capernaum. The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "when they were alone"; meaning as follows,

they that were about him with the twelve; that is, such disciples of his, who, besides the twelve, constantly attended him; perhaps those who now were, or hereafter were the seventy disciples. The Vulgate Latin reads, "the twelve that were with him". In Beza's most ancient copy it is read, "his disciples"; and to this agrees the Persic version; and so the other evangelists, Matthew and Luke, relate, that his disciples came and

asked of him the parable; the meaning of it, and why he chose this way of speaking to the people, Matthew 13:10, though that word may include others besides the twelve.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 13:10-17. On Mark 4:12, see the notes at John 12:39-40.

When he was alone - That is, separate from the multitude. When he withdrew from the multitude a few followed him for the purpose of more instruction.

Mark 4:13

Know ye not this parable? - This which is so plain and obvious.

How then will ye know all parables? - Those which are more difficult and obscure. As they were themselves to be “teachers,” it was important that they should be acquainted with the whole system of religion - of much more importance for them at that time than for the mass of the people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 4:10. They that were about him — None of the other evangelists intimate that there were any besides the twelve with him: but it appears there were several others present; and though they were not styled disciples, yet they appear to have seriously attended to his public and private instructions.