Mark 4:11
And Jeshu said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those without every thing is in parables:
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
10And when he was alone, they who were with him along with his twelve inquired of him that parable.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given.
Matthew 16:17Jeshu responded and said to him, Blessed art thou, Shemun-bar-Jona; because flesh and blood have not revealed (this) to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 10:21In that hour Jeshu exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise thee, my Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and the intellectual, and hast revealed them unto children. Yes, my Father, for so was thy will.
1 Corinthians 5:12For what had I to judge those who are without? But you judge those who are within;
Ephesians 1:9and hath made known to us the mystery of his will, which before he had determined in himself should be done:
Colossians 4:5In wisdom walk towards the outward ones, and redeem your opportunity.
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 →