Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, all things occur in parables.
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10And when he became alone, those around him, with the twelve, asked him the parable.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
Matthew 16:17And having answered, Jesus said to him, Blessed are thou, Simon Bar-jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father in the heavens.
Luke 10:21In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit, and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, that thou hid these things from the wise and astute, and revealed them to the childlike. Yea, Father, because it becam
1 Corinthians 5:12For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside?
Ephesians 1:9Having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his desire, which he purposed within himself
Colossians 4:5Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time,
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →