Mark 4:10-13 When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used. ¹¹ And he said to them, "To you has been intrusted the secret of the reign of God, but to those outsiders, everything is offered in figures, ¹² so that " 'They may look and look and yet not see, And listen and listen and yet not understand, Lest possibly they should turn and be forgiven.' ", ¹³ And Jesus said, "If you do not understand this figure, then how will you understand my other figures?