Bible in Basic English
"And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:"
— Mark 4:2, Bible in Basic English
“And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,”
“And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching, ”
“He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,”
“He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:”
“And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine:”
“And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,”
And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
A man went out to put seed in the earth:
And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.
And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep: