Mark 4:13

13 Jesus asked them, "Don't you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?

Mark 4:13 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:13

And he saith unto them, know ye not this parable?
&c.] So easy to be understood, taken from things common, and which fall under every one's observation:

and how then will you know all parables?
if not this single one, and which is so plain, how will ye be able to understand the numerous parables hereafter to be related, and which will be much more difficult?

Mark 4:13 In-Context

11 Jesus replied to them, "The mystery about the kingdom of God has been given [directly] to you. To those on the outside, it is given in stories:

12 'They see clearly but don't perceive. They hear clearly but don't understand. They never return to me and are never forgiven.'"

13 Jesus asked them, "Don't you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?

14 "The farmer plants the word.

15 Some people are like seeds that were planted along the road. Whenever they hear the word, Satan comes at once and takes away the word that was planted in them.