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Mark 4:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables, "

Mark 4:11

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9 He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

12 that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’”

13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

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Luke 8:10

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"He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’"

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Matthew 13:11

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"He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them."

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Luke 19:11

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"As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately."

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John 10:6

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"Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them."

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Matthew 13:13

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"Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand."

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1 Peter 1:12

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"To them it was revealed that they served not themselves, but you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into."

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Mark 4:1

"Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea."

Mark 4:2

"He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,"

Mark 4:3

"“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow."

Mark 4:4

"As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it."

Mark 4:5

"Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil."

Mark 4:6

"When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away."

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