Mark 4:10-13 When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables.

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables. ¹¹ He went on to say to them. "The secret truth concerning the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside everything is told in parables, ¹² so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned. ¹³ "You do not understand this parable," said Jesus. "Then how will you understand the other parables?