Mark 4:10-13

ISV^{(i) 10} The Purpose of the Parables
When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables. ¹¹ He told them, “The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables ¹² so that ‘they may see clearly but not perceive, and they may hear clearly but not understand, otherwise they might turn around and be forgiven.’”
¹³ Jesus Explains the Parable about the Farmer
Then he told them, “You don’t understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?