Mark 4:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰Later Jesus was alone. The 12 disciples asked him about the stories. So did the others around him. ¹¹He told them, “The secret of God’s kingdom has been given to you. But to outsiders everything is told using stories. ¹²In that way,

“ ‘They will see but never know what they are seeing.
They will hear but never understand.
Otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’ ” (Isaiah 6:9,10)

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Mark 4:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. ¹¹He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God^(A) has been given to you. But to those on the outside^(B) everything is said in parables ¹²so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’^[a]”^(C)

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