11He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables


In Context

8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times."

9 Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.

11 He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside 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!' "

13 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

Mark 4:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these [things] are done in parables:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in parables:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11He said to them, |To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11and he said to them, 'To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these things are done in parables: