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11 And he said to them, (A)“To you has been given (B)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for (C)those outside everything is in parables, 12 (D)so that

“they (E)may indeed see but not perceive,
    and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they (F)should turn and be forgiven.”

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11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(A) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(B) everything is said in parables 12 so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
    and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10