马可福音 4:11

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

耶穌對他們說：“　神的國的奧祕，只給你們知道，但對於外人，一切都用比喻，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 稣 对 他 们 说 ： 神 国 的 奥 秘 只 叫 你 们 知 道 ， 若 是 对 外 人 讲 ， 凡 事 就 用 比 喻 ，

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

Unto you: Matthew 11:25, Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:12, Matthew 13:16, Matthew 16:17, Luke 8:10, Luke 10:21-24, 1 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 1:9, Ephesians 2:4-10, Titus 3:3-7, James 1:16-18, 1 John 5:20

them: 1 Corinthians 5:12, 1 Corinthians 5:13, Colossians 4:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:12, 1 Timothy 3:7

all these: Matthew 13:13

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 9:2 - all Proverbs 1:6 - a proverb Proverbs 18:1 - seeketh Isaiah 8:16 - among Daniel 12:10 - but the wise Mark 4:2 - by parables Mark 8:29 - But Mark 12:1 - he began Romans 11:8 - eyes 1 Corinthians 4:1 - mysteries 1 Corinthians 14:2 - howbeit Colossians 1:26 - now

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."

Genesis 4:15
The Lord said to Cain, "No! If anyone kills you, I will punish that person seven times more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain warning anyone who met him not to kill him.

Genesis 4:16
So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:19
Lamech married two women, Adah and Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.

Genesis 4:21
Jabal's brother was Jubal, the first person to play the harp and flute.

Genesis 4:26
Seth also had a son, and they named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .

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

Isaiah 26:21
The Lord will leave his place to punish the people of the world for their sins. The earth will show the blood of the people who have been killed; it will not cover the dead any longer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... His disciples;

unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; or the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, the secrets of the Gospel dispensation, the mysterious doctrines of grace;

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but unto them that are without; "to strangers", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it, who were not the disciples of Christ, nor admitted to any intimacy with him; who came only to amuse themselves with the sight of his person and miracles:

all [these] things are done in parables; are wrapped up in dark sayings, and figurative expressions, the sound of which they heard, and might be pleased with the pretty similes made use of, but understood not the spiritual meaning of them.

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 4:11. Unto you it is given to know — γνωναι, to know, is omitted by ABKL, ten others, the Coptic, and one of the Itala. The omission of this word makes a material alteration in the sense; for without it the passage may be read thus: - To you the mystery of the kingdom of God is given; but all these things are transacted in parables to those without. Griesbach leaves it doubtful. And Professor White says, probabiliter delendum. I should be inclined to omit it, were it not found in the parallel passages in Matthew and Luke, in neither of whom it is omitted by any MS. or version. See the dissertation on parabolical writing at the end of Matthew 13:58.