Mark 4:11-13 And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, everything is done in parables,

BLB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, everything is done in parables, ¹² so that, ‘Seeing, they might see and not perceive; and hearing, they might hear and not understand; lest ever they should turn, and they should be forgiven.’” ¹³ And He says to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?