Mark 4:11
And He said to them, To you it has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them who are without, all things are in parables:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
10And when they were alone, and those around Him along with the twelve asked Him the parable.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11He responding said to them, Because it has been given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been given.
Matthew 16:17And Jesus responding said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon the son of Jonah: because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.
Luke 10:21At the same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: yea, Father, because it was thus pleasing in thy sight.
1 Corinthians 5:12For why is it for me to judge the outsiders? Do you not judge those within? But God will judge those without.
Ephesians 1:9having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his own good pleasure, which he purposed in himself
Colossians 4:5Walk about in wisdom toward the aliens, buying in the 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 →