Mark 4:10
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
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Mark 4:10
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
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Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
Mark 4:12
So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.
Mark 4:13
And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?
Luke 8:10
And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
Psalms 25:14
The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him give ear.
Matthew 13:11
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:14
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
1 Corinthians 2:14
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
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Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
Luke 8:9
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
Mark 4:34
And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Matthew 13:18
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
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Matthew 13:36
Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
Mark 7:17
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
Matthew 15:15
Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
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Mark 4:1
And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.
Mark 4:2
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
Mark 4:3
A man went out to put seed in the earth:
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Mark 9:28
And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?
Mark 10:10
And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.
Mark 9:11
And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
Mark 13:4
Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.
Luke 3:12
Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
Luke 11:1
And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?
Luke 18:18
And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
John 6:28
Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?
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Mark 4:16
And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;
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Mark 4:18
And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,
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Mark 4:35
And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.
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Mark 4:36
And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.
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