Mark 4:2

He taught them many things in parables, ¹  and in his teaching said to them:

He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:

And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

He began to teach the people by telling many stories such as this one:

He taught by using stories, many stories.

And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:

Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:

He taught them many things in parables, ¹  and in his teaching said to them:

¹ sn Though parables can contain a variety of figures of speech (cf. 2:19-22; 3:23-25; 4:3-9, 26-32; 7:15-17; 13:28), many times they are simply stories that attempt to teach spiritual truth (which is unknown to the hearers) by using a comparison with something known to the hearers. In general, parables usually advance a single idea, though there may be many parts and characters in a single parable and subordinate ideas may expand the main idea further. The beauty of using the parable as a teaching device is that it draws the listener into the story, elicits an evaluation, and demands a response.