Mark 4:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ He added, “Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!”

The Purpose of the Parables^(A)

¹⁰ When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables. ¹¹ He told them, “The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables