Mark 4:34

34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

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Mark 4:34 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

34 He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

NLT

34 In fact, in his public ministry he never taught without using parables; but afterward, when he was alone with his disciples, he explained everything to them.

MSG

34 He was never without a story when he spoke. When he was alone with his disciples, he went over everything, sorting out the tangles, untying the knots.

CSB

34 And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.

Mark 4:34 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:34

But without a parable spake he not unto them
For the above reason, as well as for the accomplishment of Scripture; (See Gill on Matthew 13:34), (See Gill on Matthew 13:35).

And when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples:
after they returned with him from the sea side, to the house in Capernaum, where he usually was when there; see ( Matthew 13:36 ) . The multitude being dismissed, he unfolded and explained all these parables to his disciples, and led them into a large knowledge of himself, and the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; whereby they were furnished for the work he had called them to, and designed them for.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 4:34 In-Context

32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.

34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.”

36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.

Cross References 1

1. S John 16:25