Mark 4:10-13 When he was alone, his close friends and the twelve asked him about the illustrations.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ When he was alone, his close friends and the twelve asked him about the illustrations. ¹¹ He replied, "To you the mystery of the kingdom of God has been confided. But to outsiders all things come in figures of speech ¹² so that they may look straight and yet not see, and hear plainly, yet not understand, and thus they will never repent and be forgiven." ¹³ He said to them, "Do you not understand this illustration? How, then, will you understand all the illustrations?