Mark 4:10-13 As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

MSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable. ¹¹ He replied, “To know 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 their sins.’” ¹³ Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?