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Mark 4:10-13
English Standard Version
Mark 4:10-13
English Standard Version
The Purpose of the Parables
10 And (A)when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, (B)“To you has been given (C)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for (D)those outside everything is in parables, 12 (E)so that
“‘they (F)may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they (G)should turn and be forgiven.’”
13 (H)And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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