Cross references

Mark 4:2

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

Mark 4:2 BSB

Mark 4:2 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 13:34–35 (5 votes) and Mark 3:23 (5 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from 2 Chronicles 17 to John 18.

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Which verses does Mark 4:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

  2. Mark 3:235 votes

    So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

  3. Mark 4:115 votes

    He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

  4. Psalm 49:43 votes

    I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

  5. Psalm 78:23 votes

    I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

  6. And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

  7. Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

  8. When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

  9. With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

  10. Mark 12:382 votes

    In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

Which verses point to Mark 4:2?

The 10 strongest of 11.