Marcos 4:33

33 Y con muchas parábolas semejantes les enseñaba Jesús la palabra hasta donde podían entender.

Marcos 4:33 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables
As those of the tares, of the leaven in three measures of meal, of the treasure hid in the field, the pearl of great price, the net cast into the sea, and of the Scribe instructed unto the kingdom of God; which though not related at length here, are by the Evangelist Matthew, in ( Matthew 13:24-30 Matthew 13:33 Matthew 13:44-50 Matthew 13:52 ) together with others elsewhere:

spake he the word unto them;
preached the Gospel to the multitude,

as they were able to hear it:
meaning either that he condescended to their weakness, accommodated himself to their capacities, and made use of the plainest similes; and took his comparison from things in nature, the most known and obvious, that what he intended might more easily be understood; or rather, he spoke the word to them in parables, as they were able to hear, without understanding them; and in such a manner, on purpose that they might not understand; for had he more clearly expressed the things relating to himself, as the Messiah, and to the Gospel dispensation, so as that they could have took in his meaning, such were their pride, their wickedness, and the rancour of their minds, that they would have at once rose up, and attempted to have destroyed him.

Marcos 4:33 In-Context

31 Es como un grano de mostaza: cuando se siembra en la tierra, es la semilla más pequeña que hay,

32 pero una vez sembrada crece hasta convertirse en la más grande de las hortalizas, y echa ramas tan grandes que las aves pueden anidar bajo su sombra».

33 Y con muchas parábolas semejantes les enseñaba Jesús la palabra hasta donde podían entender.

34 No les decía nada sin emplear parábolas. Pero cuando estaba a solas con sus discípulos, les explicaba todo.

35 Ese día al anochecer, les dijo a sus discípulos:—Crucemos al otro lado.