Mark 4:33
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And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear.

Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Mark 4:32
And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof.

Mark 4:34
And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear.

with.

Matthew 13:34,35 All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them. . . .

as.

John 16:12 I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now.

1 Corinthians 3:1,2 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ. . . .

Hebrews 5:11-14 Of whom we have much to say and hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are become weak to hear. . . .

Context
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
32And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof. 33And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear. 34And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.…
Lexicon
With many such
πολλαῖς (pollais)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

parables
παραβολαῖς (parabolais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.

[Jesus] spoke
ἐλάλει (elalei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

word
λόγον (logon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.

to them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to the extent that
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

they could
ἠδύναντο (ēdynanto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

understand.
ἀκούειν (akouein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.


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

And with many such parables He kept speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear,

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

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

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,

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

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

With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it.

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

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
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