Mark 4:33

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

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WEBBE

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

BSB

With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

KJV

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

ASV

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

BBE

And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

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Καὶ Kai And G2532 τοιαύταις toiautais with such G5108 παραβολαῖς parabolais parables G3850 πολλαῖς pollais many G4183 ἐλάλει elalei He was speaking G2980 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846 τὸν ton the G3588 λόγον logon word G3056 καθὼς kathōs even as G2531 ἠδύναντο ēdunanto they were able G1410 ἀκούειν akouein to hear G191

The early church

(non occ. sed v. Cat. in Marc.) Then after this, Mark, who delights in brevity, to show the nature of the parables, subjoins, And with many such parables spake he the word unto them as they could hear him.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
For since the multitude was unlearned, he instructs them from objects of food and familiar names, and for this reason he adds, But without a parable spake he not unto them, that is, in order that they might be induced to approach and to ask Him.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 21–34

These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. This parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the place it ought to have in a soul, and it will show itself in a good conversation. It grows gradually: first the blade; then the ear; after that the full corn in the ear. When it is sprung up, it will go forward. The work of grace in the soul is, at first, but the day of small things; yet it has mighty products even now, while it is in its growth; but what will there be when it is perfected in heaven!

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