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马可福音 4:12

叫他們‘看是看見了,卻不領悟,聽是聽見了,卻不明白,免得他們回轉過來,得到赦免。’”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Blindness;   Jesus, the Christ;   Minister, Christian;   Quotations and Allusions;   Sermon;   Sower;   Wicked (People);   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blindness;   Blindness-Vision;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Parables;   Understanding;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Parables;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocalyptic;   Isaiah, Theology of;   Mystery;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Conversion;   Fulfill;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Messianic Secret;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Conversion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Fig-Tree ;   Forgiveness (2);   Hardening;   Hearing;   Heart;   Illustrations;   Interpretation;   Isaiah;   Mystery ;   Obscurity;   Parable;   Physical ;   Quotations (2);   Seeing;   Teaching of Jesus;   Turning;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Blindness;   Ear;   Hardness of heart;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Conversion;   Hap;   Parable;   Proverb;   Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
叫 他 们 看 是 看 见 , 却 不 晓 得 ; 听 是 听 见 , 却 不 明 白 ; 恐 怕 他 们 回 转 过 来 , 就 得 赦 免 。

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

That seeing: Rather, as יםב [Strong's G2443] frequently denotes, "So that seeing they see, and do not perceive, and hearing they hear, and do not understand," etc. The expression appears to be proverbial; and relates to those who might see what they now overlook through inattention and folly. See the parallel texts. Deuteronomy 29:4, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 44:18, Jeremiah 5:21, Matthew 13:14, Matthew 13:15, Luke 8:10, John 12:37-41, Acts 28:25-27, Romans 11:8-10

be converted: Jeremiah 31:18-20, Ezekiel 18:27-32, Acts 3:19, 2 Timothy 2:25, Hebrews 6:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 80:7 - we shall Psalms 106:7 - Our Jeremiah 36:3 - that I Ezekiel 12:2 - which Daniel 8:15 - sought Zechariah 7:12 - lest Matthew 18:3 - Except Mark 8:18 - see Luke 11:34 - but John 12:40 - hath Acts 5:31 - forgiveness Acts 28:26 - Go

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
Later, Cain brought some food from the ground as a gift to God.
Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
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 4:17
He had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch.
Genesis 4:18
Enoch had a son named Irad, Irad had a son named Mehujael, Mehujael had a son named Methushael, and Methushael had a son named Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice! You wives of Lamech, listen to what I say. I killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hitting me.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."
Leviticus 26:20
You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not grow any crops, and your trees will not give their fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
"‘Those of you who are left alive will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be frightened by the sound of a leaf being blown by the wind. They will run as if someone were chasing them with a sword, and they will fall even when no one is chasing them.
Psalms 109:10
Make his children wander around, begging for food. Let them be forced out of the ruins in which they live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That seeing they may see,.... Which the end and reason of his speaking to them in parables. The passage referred to is in Isaiah 6:9.

Isaiah 6:9- :.

Isaiah 6:9- :.

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.


 
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