Mark 4:11-13 He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed 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.’” ¹³ Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?