Mark 4:9-12

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⁹ If you have ears, listen!”

¹⁰ Afterwards, when he was alone with the Twelve and with his other disciples, they asked him, “What does your story mean?”

^11-12 He replied, “You are permitted to know some truths about the Kingdom of God that are hidden to those outside the Kingdom:

‘Though they see and hear, they will not understand or turn to God, or be forgiven for their sins.’