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As soon as He was alone, His followers*, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.
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And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but 1those who are outsidegeteverything2in parables,
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so that 3WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN."
Explanation
134And He said to them, "Do you not understandthisparable? How will you understandall the parables?