And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
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Gill's Exposition
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground,.... Such sort of hearers of the word are signified by the stony ground, on which the seed were sown, who are constant hearers of the word,…
See the notes at Mat 13:10-17. On Mar 4:12, see the notes at Joh 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…
Adam Clarke
Know ye not this parable? - The scope and design of which is so very obvious.
How then will ye know all parables? - Of which mode of teaching ye should be perfect masters, in order that ye may be able…
The foregoing chapter began with Christ's entering into the synagogue (Mar 4:1); this chapter begins with Christ's teaching again by the sea side. Thus he changed his method, that if possible all…
Cambridge Bible
Know ye not this parable? For it afforded the simplest type or pattern of a Parable.
all parables= all My Parables.
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