Mark 4:11-13

11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside 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] ”

13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 3:2
• 2. 1 Corinthians 5:12,13; Colossians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 1 Timothy 3:7
• 3. Isaiah 6:9,10; S Matthew 13:13-15

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 6:9,10