Mǎkĕfúyīn 4:11

11 Yēsū duì tāmen shuō , shén guó de àomì , zhǐ jiào nǐmen zhīdào , ruò shì duì waìrén jiǎng , fán shì jiù yòng bǐyù .

Mǎkĕfúyīn 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:11

And he said unto them
His disciples;

unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God;
or the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, the secrets of the Gospel dispensation, the mysterious doctrines of grace; (See Gill on Matthew 13:11),

but unto them that are without;
"to strangers", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it, who were not the disciples of Christ, nor admitted to any intimacy with him; who came only to amuse themselves with the sight of his person and miracles:

all [these] things are done in parables;
are wrapped up in dark sayings, and figurative expressions, the sound of which they heard, and might be pleased with the pretty similes made use of, but understood not the spiritual meaning of them.

Mǎkĕfúyīn 4:11 In-Context

9 Yòu shuō , yǒu ĕr kĕ tīng de , jiù yīngdāng tīng .

10 Wú rén de shíhou , gēnsuí Yēsū de rén , hé shí èr ge méntǔ , wèn tā zhè bǐyù de yìsi .

11 Yēsū duì tāmen shuō , shén guó de àomì , zhǐ jiào nǐmen zhīdào , ruò shì duì waìrén jiǎng , fán shì jiù yòng bǐyù .

12 Jiào tāmen kàn shì kànjian , què bù xiǎodé . tīng shì tīngjian , què bù míngbai . kǒngpà tāmen huízhuǎn guō lái , jiù dé shèmiǎn .

13 Yòu duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen bù míngbai zhè bǐyù ma . zhèyàng zĕn néng míngbai yīqiè de bǐyù ne .