Mark 4:10-12
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Purpose of the Parables
10 And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables. 11 And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables; 12 so that[a] they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.”
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- 4.12 so that . . . : One might rephrase this: “so that the scripture might be fulfiled”; cf. Jn 18.32; 19.24, 28. It was not God’s intention to prevent their understanding. Matthew avoids this difficulty by writing, “I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see” (Mt 13.13).
Mark 4:10-12
New International Version
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(A) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(B) everything is said in parables 12 so that,
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- Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10
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