Mark 4:10

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

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He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

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