4:2 parables. Of the seven parables of the kingdom, Mark only includes in his account the parables of the sower (Mark 4:3-20) and the mustard seed (Mark 4:30-32). On these and the other parables, see notes on Matthew 13.

4:2 doctrine. “Doctrine” is the same Greek word as “teaching.”

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