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Mark 4:13
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KJ21
And He said unto them, “Know you not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?
ASV
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
AMP
Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?
AMPC
And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables?
BRG
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
CSB
Then he said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables?
CSBA
Then he said to them, ‘Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables?
CEB
“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
CJB
Then Yeshua said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you be able to understand any parable?
CEV
Jesus then told them: If you don't understand this story, you won't understand any others.
DARBY
And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?
DLNT
And He says to them, “Do you not know this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?
DRA
And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this parable? and how shall you know all parables?
ERV
Then Jesus said to the followers, “Do you understand this story? If you don’t, how will you understand any story?
EASY
Then Jesus answered the people who had asked him about the story. ‘You should understand this story. If you do not understand it, you will not understand any of my stories.
EHV
Then he asked them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?
ESV
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
ESVUK
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
EXB
Then Jesus said to ·his followers [L them], “Don’t you understand this ·story [parable]? If you don’t, how will you understand any ·story [parable; see 3:23]?
GNV
Again he said unto them, Perceive ye not this parable? how then should ye understand all other parables?
GW
Jesus asked them, “Don’t you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?
GNT
Then Jesus asked them, “Don't you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable?
HCSB
Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?
ICB
Then Jesus said to the followers, “Do you understand this story? If you don’t, then how will you understand any story?
ISV
Then he told them, “You don’t understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?
PHILLIPS
Then he continued, “Do you really not understand this parable? Then how are you going to understand all the other parables? The man who sows, sows the message. As for those who are by the roadside where the message is sown, as soon as they hear it Satan comes at once and takes away what has been sown in their minds. Similarly, the seed sown among the rocks represents those who hear the message without hesitation and accept it joyfully. But they have no real roots and do not last—when trouble or persecution arises because of the message, they give up their faith at once. Then there are the seeds which were sown among thorn-bushes. These are the people who hear the message, but the worries of this world and the false glamour of riches and all sorts of other ambitions creep in and choke the life out of what they have heard, and it produces no crop in their lives. As for the seed sown on good soil, this means the men who hear the message and accept it and do produce a crop—thirty, sixty, even a hundred times as much as they received.”
JUB
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? How then will ye understand all the parables?
KJV
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
AKJV
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
LSB
And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
LEB
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?
TLB
But if you can’t understand this simple illustration, what will you do about all the others I am going to tell?
MSG
He continued, “Do you see how this story works? All my stories work this way.
MEV
Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
MOUNCE
And he said to them, “Do you not understand · this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
NOG
Yeshua asked them, “Don’t you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?
NABRE
Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
NASB
And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
NASB1995
And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
NCB
He went on to say to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then are you to understand any of the parables?
NCV
Then Jesus said to his followers, “Don’t you understand this story? If you don’t, how will you understand any story?
NET
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?
NIRV
Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this story? Then how will you understand any stories of this kind?
NIV
Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
NIVUK
Then Jesus said to them, ‘Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
NKJV
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
NLV
Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this picture-story? Then how will you understand any of the picture-stories?
NLT
Then Jesus said to them, “If you can’t understand the meaning of this parable, how will you understand all the other parables?
NMB
And he said to them, Do you not understand this similitude? How then will you understand any other similitudes?
NRSVA
And he said to them, ‘Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
NRSVACE
And he said to them, ‘Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
NRSVCE
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
NRSVUE
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
NTFE
“Don’t you understand the parable?” he said to them. “How are you going to understand all the parables?
OJB
And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Do you not have daas of the meaning of this mashal? Then how will you have binah of all the meshalim?
RGT
Again He said to them, “Do you not perceive this parable? How then shall you understand all other parables?
RSV
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
RSVCE
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
TLV
He said to them, “Don’t you grasp this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?
VOICE
Do you mean to say that you didn’t understand My parable of the sower? That was the key parable. If you don’t see what I was trying to teach there, how will you be able to understand any of the others?
WEB
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
WE
Jesus said also, `Do you not understand this story? How then are you going to understand all the stories?
WYC
And he said to them, Know not ye this parable? and how ye shall know all parables?
YLT
And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
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