Mark 4:10-12 And when he was in private, the twelve, and some of his disciples asked him the meaning of the parable.

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ And when he was in private, the twelve, and some of his disciples asked him the meaning of the parable. ¹¹ he answered, you are admitted into the secret of the gospel-dispensation: but to unbelievers every thing is couch'd in parables; because, ¹² tho' they see, they will not perceive, and tho' they hear they will not understand: as if they were afraid of parting with their vices, in order to be pardoned.