Mark 4:10-12

The Purpose of the Parables

10And awhen he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11And 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.'”

Luke 8:9-10

The Purpose of the Parables

9And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10he said, h“To you it has been given to know ithe secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so jthatseeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
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