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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:7-19

The Word choked in the heart. Thorns make a good hedge but a bad crop. The soil here described was in itself rich, good soil. But it could not grow both thorns and wheat, and, when occupied by the one, failed to yield the other. I. WHAT ARE THE THORNS THAT OVERGROW THE SOIL ? Thorns, thistles, brambles, briers, are signs of neglect. They are the emblems of the primeval curse, for the garden was by our first parents exchanged for the thorny wilderness. In our parable the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:8-20

The Word fruitful in the heart. Most varied results attend the preaching of the gospel. Look at our Lord's own ministry. On the one hand, we are told, "He did there no mighty works because of their unbelief;" "yet they believed not upon him; 'and we find him exclaiming, "Woe unto you, cities!" etc. On the other hand, "the multitude heard him gladly;" of the Samaritans, "many more believed because of his word," and sometimes, in their eagerness, "they pressed upon him to hear," etc. Nor was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:10-25

The lamp of parabolic teaching. Probably the opposition, malignity, and misrepresentation of the scribes and Pharisees were the occasion of the commencement by our Lord of a new style of public teaching. He did not wish at present to excite so much turmoil and violence as should lead to the interruption of his ministry. His design was to introduce into men's minds new ideas of the spiritual reign of God—ideas altogether in contradiction to their own carnal notions and hopes. He knew,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:13

Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables? that is, "How, then, can you expect to understand all parables, as they ought to do who are instructed unto the kingdom of heaven?" It is St. Mark alone who recalls and records these words. They are striking and vivid, as illustrating the condition of mind of the disciples at this time—slow of apprehension, and yet desirous to learn. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:13

From one learn all. I. THIS IS A PRINCIPLE NOT TO BE UNIVERSALLY ACTED UPON IN EARTHLY THINGS . Because of: 1 . Limitation of human powers. 2 . Obscurity , complexity , and occasional discontinuity and non-uniformity of nature and human life. II. TO THOSE WHO ARE ILLUMINATED IT IS ABSOLUTELY VALID IN DIVINE THINGS . 1 . Not because the forms and successive stooges of the truth are mere repetitions of one another. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 4:10-13

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 4:13Know 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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 4:13-20

Mark 4:13-20. Know ye not this parable Which is, as it were, the foundation of all those that I shall speak hereafter; and is so easy to be understood? See notes on Matthew 13:19-23. The desires of other things choke the word A deep and important truth! The desire of any thing, otherwise than as it leads to happiness in God, directly tends to barrenness of soul. Entering in Where they were not before. Let him therefore who has received and retained the word, see that no other desire... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 4:1-29

PARABLES54. The sower (Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-29; Luke 8:1-18)To visit all the towns of Galilee was a huge task. Jesus and his disciples were helped in this work by a group of women who went with them to look after their daily needs (Luke 8:1-3). Crowds of people came to see Jesus wherever he went, and were often a hindrance to the progress of the gospel. It seems that one reason Jesus began to teach extensively in parables was to separate those who were genuinely interested from those who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 4:13

Know ye not . . . ? = Have ye no intuitive knowledge of. Greek. oida. App-132 . A Divine supplement, here. parables = the parables. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 4:13

And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?As Cranfield noted, this verse "suggests in some sense that the parable of the soils is the key to all the parables."[14] The fact of our Lord's drawing a number of analogies from it would also suggest the propriety of looking for analogies in all the parables. That such a way of interpreting parables is subject to grave abuses, none will deny; but it is equally obvious that the limitation of parables to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:7-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:8-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:10-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 4:10-13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 4:13-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 4:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 4:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 4:13

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