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Mark 4:12-14
New English Translation
Mark 4:12-14
New English Translation
12 so that although they look they may look but not see,
and although they hear they may hear but not understand,
so they may not repent and be forgiven.”[a]
13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then[b] how will you understand any parable? 14 The sower sows the word.
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- Mark 4:12 sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10. Thus parables both conceal or reveal depending on whether one is open to hearing what they teach.
- Mark 4:13 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
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