Mark 4:10-12

10As soon as He was alone, 1His followers, along with the twelve disciples, began asking Him about the parables. 11And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but for 2those who are outside, everything comes 3in parables, 12so that 4while seeing they may see, and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear, and not understand, otherwise they might return and it would be forgiven them.”