32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and forms large branches, with the result that (A)the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”

33 And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to [a]understand it; 34 and He did not speak to them (B)without a parable; but He was (C)explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:33 Lit hear

32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(A) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(B) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

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