10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He 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 12 so 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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  1. Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10

The Purpose of Parables(A)

10 (B)But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 11 And He said to them, “To you it has been given to (C)know the [a]mystery of the kingdom of God; but to (D)those who are outside, all things come in parables, 12 so that

(E)‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
And their sins be forgiven them.’

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  1. Mark 4:11 secret or hidden truths

10 And when He was alone, [a]His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. 11 And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to (A)those who are outside, everything comes (B)in parables, 12 so that (C)while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, lest they return and be forgiven.”

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  1. Mark 4:10 Lit those about Him

10 Cuando se quedó solo, los doce y los que estaban alrededor de él le hicieron preguntas sobre las parábolas. 11 «A vosotros se os ha revelado el secreto del reino de Dios —les contestó—; pero a los de afuera todo les llega por medio de parábolas, 12 para que

»“por mucho que vean, no perciban;
    y por mucho que oigan, no entiendan;
no sea que se conviertan y sean perdonados”.[a]

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  1. 4:12 Is 6:9,10