Mark 4:10-12

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The Purpose of the Parables

10 And ¹when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

11 And he said to them, ²“To you has been given ³the secret of the kingdom of God, but for ⁴those outside everything is in parables,

12 ⁵so that“they ⁶may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they ⁷should turn and be forgiven. ”

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1. 4:10 ver. 34
2. 4:11 Matt. 19:11; Col. 1:27; [1 Cor. 2:6-10; 1 John 2:20, 27]; See Matt. 11:25
3. 4:11 See Rom. 16:25
4. 4:11 1 Cor. 5:12, 13; Col. 4:5; 1 Thess. 4:12; 1 Tim. 3:7
5. 4:12 Isa. 6:9, 10
6. 4:12 Deut. 29:4; Jer. 5:21; Ezek. 12:2; Rom. 11:8; 2 Cor. 3:14; 4:4; [Isa. 42:19, 20]
7. 4:12 See Luke 22:32

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