Mark 4:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”

The Purpose of the Parables^(A)

¹⁰ When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables. ¹¹ “You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God,” Jesus answered. “But the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables,