| The Purpose of the Parables Mk.4.10-12 | NEB Contents | notes | GO TO highlighted passage ↓| 4 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 10 | When he was alone, the Twelve and others who were round him questioned him about the parables. | The Purpose of the Parables Mk.4.10-12 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Mt.13.10-17 | Lk.8.9-10 | Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο κατὰ μόνας, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν σὺν τοῖς δώδεκα τὰς παραβολάς. |
| 11 | He replied, 'To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been given, but to those who are outside everything comes by way of parables, | καὶ ἐλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Ὑμῖν τὸ μυστήριον δέδοται τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐκείνοις δὲ τοῖς ἐξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὰ πάντα γίνεται, | |
| 12 | so that (as Scripture says) they may look and look, but see nothing; they may hear and hear, but understand nothing; otherwise they might turn to God and be forgiven.' | - so that they may indeed see but not perceive Mk.4.12 | Is.6.9-10 | ἵνα βλέποντες βλέπωσιν καὶ μὴ ἴδωσιν, |