Mar 4:1-2 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 4:1-34: 4:1-34 In this section Mark collects a number of Jesus’ teaching parables. 4:1 Jesus again uses a boat to avoid the press of the crowd when he is teaching (3:9 ; Luke 5:2-3 ).

Summary for Mark 4:1-34: 4:1-34 ^a In this section Mark collects a number of Jesus’ teaching parables. 4:1 ^b Jesus again uses a boat to avoid the press of the crowd when he is teaching (3:9 ^c; Luke 5:2-3 ^d).
4:2 ^e Parables are often stories (Luke 15:11-32 ^f; 18:1-8 ^g) but can also be proverbs (Mark 3:24-25 ^h; Luke 4:23 ⁱ), similes and metaphors (Matt 5:14 ^j; 10:16 ^k), riddles (Mark 7:15 ^l; 14:58 ^m), comparisons (Matt 13:33 ⁿ; Luke 15:3-7 ^o), examples (Luke 10:30-35 ^p; 12:16-21 ^q), or allegories (Mark 4:3-9 ^r; 12:1-12 ^s).