Mar 4:10-12 | ESV | STEP | And when he was alone , those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables .

Mark 4:10-12

The Purpose of the Parables

10 And ^awhen he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, ^b“To you has been given ^cthe secret of the kingdom of God, but for ^dthose outside everything is in parables, 12 ^eso that

“'they ^fmay indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they ^gshould turn and be forgiven.'”