Mark 4:11-13 And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those outside everything is in parables;

Common⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those outside everything is in parables; ¹² so that 'seeing they may see but not perceive, and hearing may hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.'" ¹³ And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?