Mark 4:12

12 that "`They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

Mark 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:12

That seeing they may see
Which the end and reason of his speaking to them in parables. The passage referred to is in ( Isaiah 6:9 Isaiah 6:10 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 13:14). (See Gill on Matthew 13:15).

Mark 4:12 In-Context

10 When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.

11 "To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

12 that "`They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

13 "Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"

14 "What the sower sows is the Message.