NET Bible
"The Purpose of Parables When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables."
— Mark 4:10, NET Bible
“And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.”
“And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables. ”
“When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.”
“And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.”
“And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.”
“And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.”
Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”
And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”
The Purpose of Parables When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,
so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”
He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?