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Mark 4:34

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But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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  1. John 16:25Rank 1 from verse 34
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    25These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

  2. Luke 24:27Rank 2 from verse 34
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    27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

  3. Mark 4:10Rank 3 from verse 34
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    10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

  4. Matthew 13:36–43Rank 4 from verse 34
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    36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

    37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

    38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

    39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

    40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

    41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

    42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

    43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  5. Matthew 15:15–20Rank 5 from verse 34
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    15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

    16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

    17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

    20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

  6. Luke 8:9–10Rank 6 from verse 34
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    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

    10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

  7. Luke 24:44–46Rank 7 from verse 34
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    44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

    45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

    46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

  8. Mark 7:17–23Rank 8 from verse 34
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    17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

    18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

    19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

    20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

    22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

    23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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Mark 4:34

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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parable

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A figurative saying, comparison, or narrative that sets one matter beside another to convey meaning.

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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alone

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1. Without others, company, or help; by oneself. 2. Only or solely. 3. In "let ... alone," to leave undisturbed or refrain from interfering with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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expounded

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Explained, interpreted, unfolded, or set forth the meaning or order of a matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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4:30¶ And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

4:31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

4:32But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

4:33And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

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